California now has more EV chargers than gas pumps—but it’s still not enough

As of this year, EV chargers now outnumber gas pumps in the state of California.

The state has an estimated 178,000 shared chargers for electric cars—not counting another 700,000 private chargers that are installed in single-family homes, according to the California Energy Commission. That’s compared to roughly 120,000 gas pumps across the state.

The number of EV chargers nearly doubled since 2023, though part of the increase came from identifying charging stations that hadn’t previously been counted.