When I went to the Grand Canyon in 2019 and again in 2021, I was a little surprised at all of the Teslas I saw on US Highway 180 and Arizona Highway 64. While it's
. But, for non-Tesla owners, a decent DCFC station only opened up in Flagstaff in 2019, and there’s still nothing but Level 2 charging in and near the park.
Sadly, that’s about as much progress as we can expect to see for CHAdeMO cars. While there will be the occasional dealer or commercial station with a CHAdeMO port in the future, large-scale buildouts probably won’t add any plugs. Electrify America, and the federal infrastructure bill funding only requires four CCS plugs per station. I doubt the State of Arizona and most other states want to spend any federal funds on CHAdeMO when the feds don’t mandate it.
“While we create pathways to serve our customers with 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050, we’re taking steps to help decarbonize the transportation sector and contribute to a cleaner air and energy future for Arizona,” said Daniel Haughton, APS Director of Customer Technology, in a press release.
Eventually, though, you have to take care of more EV travel needs than going from city to city. Not only do city slickers like to get off the beaten path sometimes, but there are also a whole lot of us rural hillbillies. Plus, there are electric trucks now, so it’s not only the queer hillbillies like me and retirees from California buying EVs out here in the sticks now .
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