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Great American road trip hits speed bump in shortage of EV chargers

For electric vehicles to hit mainstream adoption, billions more in investment are needed to expand infrastructure

While driving through the midwest for his yearly summer road trip, Brad Campbell noticed he was not the only electric vehicle driver at the charging stations along the way — far from it.

Campbell, a computer science professor who has made the more than 1,000-mile round trip from Virginia to Michigan nearly every year since 2018, said he never ran into other EV drivers at charging stations during his first few trips. But in recent years, charging alone has become a rare occurrence.

In fact, the 34-year-old has started avoiding some spots because they are too popular, such as a station by two highways just north of Pittsburgh that draws Walmart delivery drivers, travellers and local residents.

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