A map of fast chargers in the Northeast from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Alternative Fuels Data Center. The EVolveNY program specifically targeted highways, with a goal of having fast chargers a minimum of 50 miles apart. Every place else is an easy day trip.”But Old Forge lacks adequate EV charging infrastructure. Neil Pederson, a Massachusetts scientist who has been visiting the Old Forge since he was a child, said the Adirondacks feels like an EV fast charging desert but it wouldn’t take much to improve the situation. “We’re trying to get people to stop as well.”A Rivian charging through an adapter at a Tesla charging station.