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> In 2024, California boasted 178,500 total EV ports compared to around 120,000 estimated gas nozzles

If 2024 was when they crossed that threshold, that feels like a huge jump in EV chargers (almost 50%) in a single year.

I feel like they maybe crossed that threshold prior to 2024?

EDIT: it addresses this:

> Part of the dramatic increase in the statewide tally is due to new data sources that track operational chargers, though there has also been a large increase in new chargers installed, the agency said. Roughly 73,500 chargers were incorporated into the state’s data in 2024, but only approximately 38,000 of those were newly installed chargers.

So it did, indeed, cross the threshold prior to 2024, they just didn’t have the data.

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> If 2024 was when they crossed that threshold, that feels like a huge jump in EV chargers (almost 50%) in a single year.

EnbW last year increased their fast chargers by 66% in Germany. They are the biggest fast charger operator now in Germany and operate 6000 fast chargers [1]. I often charge there and can confirm that you can find their chargers everywhere and also that they actually work. According to the annual report, they plan to keep this growth up till 2030.

So yes 50% in California seems plausible.

[1]: https://evboosters.com/ev-charging-news/overall-ranking-germ...

You are likely correct.

> Of the 73,537 chargers added to the data set in 2024, 37,983 new chargers were installed in 2024. The remaining 35,554 chargers were installed before 2024 and identified through new data sources.