What (to you) is an EV-Ready Corridor?

[Philipa902]

The DOE has defined an EV-Ready Corridor as a highway that has 4 fast chargers per 50 miles. My question: How does that compare to a gas-ready corridor? If we were to shift to all-EV's, how many fast chargers do you think we would need on highways to "make EV travel as stress-free and reliable as we’ve come to expect from gasoline-powered cars and trucks?"

From the DOE:

To qualify as ready, a major road must have at least four DC fast chargers every 50 miles. Each station must have at least four chargers, all of which can simultaneously deliver 150 kW of power to charge four vehicles at once. That’s enough power to charge many EVs – depending on battery software and other variables – from around 10% to 80% in a half hour or so.

this is such a dumb metric.
It needs to be based on usage of the road. I don't know what the rate is but something like 1 charger per 500 cars travelling across that 50 mile stretch of highway at peak traffic time.

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