Study finds parts of country have large gaps in charging infrastructure | Driving Into the FutureNEWARK, Del. A recent data study has found that parts of the country still see large gaps in charging infrastructure. Climate Central found that since 2016, public EV charging ports has grown more than 6-fold. According to the study by Climate Central, in January 2025, there were more than 195,000 public charging ports nationwide supported by nearly 70-thousand stations. Meanwhle, Pennsylvania recently opened eight new federally-funded EV stations and Philadelphia alone has 478 public charging stations.