Don Cox, one of the first Nebraskans to own an electric vehicle, has put more than 400,000 miles on his EVs since 2008. In that time, he’s never once gotten stranded – though in the early days, he did have to plug into outlets at RV parks to get his Tesla Roadster across the state.
Today, there are 265 charging stations, and more than 500 individual ports, scattered across Nebraska, most clustered along the Interstate 80 corridor. There are also many more drivers like Cox – the number of EVs in Nebraska has grown sixfold just in the past six years.
Despite this growth, Nebraskans continue to lag behind other states in EV ownership. Only one out of every 362 registered vehicles in Nebraska is electric, a lower adoption rate than all but eight states.
