TLDR: EV charging failure rates plummeted to 16% in Q1 2025, marking the best reliability performance since J.D. Power began tracking in 2021. With 55,580 DC fast chargers now operational—up from 42,200 last year—the improved infrastructure addresses the primary barrier to EV adoption just as federal support faces uncertainty.
The persistent nightmare of EV drivers arriving at broken charging stations may finally be ending. For the first time in four years, public EV charger performance in the United States has shown significant improvement, with 84% of charging attempts succeeding in early 2025, according to J.D. Power’s latest quarterly analysis.
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