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Charging networks added about 11,300 ultrafast cords across the U.S. last year, up 48% from 2024. And the high-speed buildout is only accelerating.

The time it takes to fuel an electric vehicle, long a stumbling block to EV adoption, is shrinking in the U.S., as more capable cars and trucks plug into a rash of new, high-speed charging machines. 

While fully electric cars and trucks made up 10% of all auto sales in the U.S. in the third quarter, another 15% of transactions were for hybrid vehicles, and analysts expect hybrid sales to continue accelerating. 

Dollars from the $5 billion infrastructure program that Joe Biden’s White House crafted to speed EV adoption are flowing again after the Trump administration froze the funds earlier this year.

With President Donald Trump’s tax bill killing EV incentives at the end of the month, the push for a sub-$30,000 vehicle that runs on electrons may help buttress the projected dip in sales.

Americans bought 310,800 EVs in Q2, a 6.3% drop from the year-earlier period. However, the sales dip — 21,000 vehicles — was nearly equal to the slump in transactions for Tesla.

Some 703 high-speed, public charging stations opened in the U.S. in the second quarter, the second-largest such infrastructure boom on record, according to Department of Energy data.

Ford's cheapest EV can be had for just shy of $38,000. That’s 22% less than Americans pay for a car on average. Even with EV purchase incentives scrapped, Ford promises lower prices.

The Trump administration’s plan to scrap federal incentives for EVs will be a major speed bump for battery-powered transportation in the U.S., but not a brick wall, according to forecasts.

Nearly 40% of the country’s 10,700 public fast-charging stations recently started adjusting rates often and aggressively, based on myriad factors that skew the supply-demand equation.