California now has 48 percent more public and shared private electric vehicle (EV) chargers than the number of gasoline nozzles available, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) estimates there are 120,000 gas nozzles in California versus 178,549 public and shared private chargers, the governor’s March 20 statement said. A shared private charger is usually at a workplace and is available to employees, or at a condo or apartment complex, available to tenants, residents, or visitors.
“We’re embracing our clean car future and providing consumers more choices—no matter what ‘big government’ mandates come out of Washington,” Newsom said in the statement….