{"id":4629,"date":"2023-10-23T13:48:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/finance\/the-big-problem-with-chargers-thats-challenging-electric-car-owners\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:48:17","slug":"the-big-problem-with-chargers-thats-challenging-electric-car-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629","title":{"rendered":"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians to fix them.<\/p>\n

Industry publication Automotive News examined data from the U.S. Department of Energy and concluded that \u201cNearly 4,000 public charging stations with more than 7,000 ports were out of service as of early October.\u201d Nationwide, that means about 6% of public charging stations are down at any given time.<\/p>\n

\n

That count may be a bit low. Here Technologies, a company that measures real-time data from chargers, told AN that 4,673 chargers were out of order earlier this week. However, some chargers are too damaged to report an outage, so the actual number is likely higher.<\/p>\n

Related<\/strong>: Range isn\u2019t the only anxiety Americans have about electric cars<\/p>\n

Broken chargers a common complaint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In a survey earlier this year, EV owners told J.D. Power that about 21% of their attempts to charge in public end in failure due to broken chargers or faulty payment systems. The situation is worsening \u2013 a year before, the same survey\u00a0found a 20% failure rate.<\/p>\n

Americans are on pace to buy more than a million EVs this year for the first time. The nation\u2019s infrastructure is trying to catch up and surpass the ability to support that number, as\u00a0several states have set requirements that automakers stop selling gas-powered cars by 2035.<\/p>\n

Also on MarketWatch: <\/strong>Elon Musk says Cybertruck sales will start Nov. 30<\/p>\n

Two types of public chargers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Most EV owners do most of their charging at home. But they need to charge in public for longer trips. EV owners use two types of public chargers.<\/p>\n

Level 2 or destination chargers work faster than a standard home outlet but still require more than an hour to refill a car\u2019s battery. These chargers often operate at shopping centers and restaurants, where drivers can reasonably expect to park for extended periods.<\/p>\n

Level 3 or fast chargers require heavier electric infrastructure and can recharge an EV in as little as half an hour. They are often found at highway rest stops. A recent study found that just 21.5% of the nation\u2019s chargers are fast-chargers.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong>: California makes a big change to its electric-vehicle rebate program<\/p>\n

Wanted: 142,000 new electricians<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The federal government has set a goal of installing 500,000 new fast chargers by 2030. But, the nation lacks the workforce to build and maintain them, says Automotive News. \u201cThe U.S. will need at least 142,000 more certified electricians by 2030 to support the country\u2019s electrification push, which includes EV charging, solar panels, battery storage, smart panels, and more, according to Qmerit, a company that provides installation services for EV charging and other electrification technologies for homes and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story originally ran on\u00a0<\/em>KBB.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance"},"yoast_head":"\nThe big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners | inFundPros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians to fix them.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners | inFundPros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians to fix them.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"inFundPros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-23T13:48:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-23T13:48:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1698068896_social.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Press Room\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Press Room\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Press Room\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff\"},\"headline\":\"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-23T13:48:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-23T13:48:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629\"},\"wordCount\":469,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Finance\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629\",\"name\":\"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners | inFundPros\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-23T13:48:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-23T13:48:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians to fix them.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/\",\"name\":\"Fintech Advance\",\"description\":\"Latest Finance and Tech News and Updates\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fintech Advance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png\",\"width\":409,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Fintech Advance\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff\",\"name\":\"Press Room\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Press Room\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners | inFundPros","description":"America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians to fix them.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners | inFundPros","og_description":"America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians to fix them.","og_url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629","og_site_name":"inFundPros","article_published_time":"2023-10-23T13:48:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-23T13:48:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1698068896_social.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Press Room","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Press Room","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629"},"author":{"name":"Press Room","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff"},"headline":"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners","datePublished":"2023-10-23T13:48:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-23T13:48:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629"},"wordCount":469,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Finance"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629","name":"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners | inFundPros","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-23T13:48:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-23T13:48:17+00:00","description":"America has a lot of broken electric vehicle chargers. So many, according to a new report, that there aren\u2019t enough qualified technicians to fix them.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4629#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The big problem with chargers that\u2019s challenging electric car owners"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/","name":"Fintech Advance","description":"Latest Finance and Tech News and Updates","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#organization","name":"Fintech Advance","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tech-logo.png","width":409,"height":70,"caption":"Fintech Advance"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87f7e632b195ea95c91503d9281f5eff","name":"Press Room","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/avatar_user_1_1697230663-96x96.png","caption":"Press Room"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/infundpros.com"],"url":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?author=1"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4631,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629\/revisions\/4631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}