Assembly Bill 2127 Third Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Assessment: Assessing Charging Needs to Support Zero-Emission Vehicles in California

The Assembly Bill 2127 Third Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Assessment examines charging infrastructure needed to support California’s vehicles in 2030 and beyond. 

California will need a mix of at-home and away-from-home charging to support the charging needs of light-duty electric vehicles. The analysis presented in this report projects that to support 6.8 million light-duty electric vehicles in 2030, California will need to have a total of 478,000 public and limited access charging ports, which includes 53,000 direct-current fast charging ports, 136,000 charging ports at large multifamily housing, and 289,000 public and nonresidential limited access Level 2 charging ports at public locations, workplaces and other nonresidential sites. The CEC expects that much of the charging need will be served at single-family and small multifamily homes. This assessment notes that as of mid-2026, the statewide number of installed public and limited access charging ports is already 47 percent of the 2030 projected need.

For electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, California will need more than 54,000 charging ports in 2030 to support 93,000 vehicles, including buses. This includes more than 43,000 charging ports at private depots, 9,000 public depot charging ports, and 2,000 en route charging ports. This assessment notes that as of the end of 2025, the statewide number of installed charging ports for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles is already 37 percent of the 2030 projected need.

Installing these charging ports will require investments in labor and workforce training and development. Between 2026 and 2035, up to 276,000 job-years will be needed to manufacture, install, and maintain charging ports for light-duty and medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles in California.