California is paying up to $100,000 a port for public EV fast charging
THE SO WHAT
California’s $28M program paying up to $100,000 per DC fast-charging port—tilted toward >275kW hardware—shows policy still chases peak power over actual utilization. If you’re building charging networks, optimize site design for plug count and dwell time economics, then layer incentives on top rather than letting them dictate architecture.
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