Driving Home for Thanksgiving in an EV? 878 U.S. Highway Stretches Run 50+ Miles Without a Fast Charger
The longest: 376.6 miles of US-2 across Montana. ChargingNear.me maps every gap, state by state, before the busiest travel week of the year.
EDWARDS, Colo. — Nov. 9, 2026 — Millions of drivers hit the road this month. EV drivers face a map most of them have never seen.
ChargingNear.me measured every U.S. highway against every open public DC fast charger. It found 878 stretches longer than 50 miles with no fast charger. Together they cover 73,239 miles of road in 42 states.
Thirteen of those gaps run longer than 200 miles. The longest is 376.6 miles of US-2 in Montana, from the Idaho line to Havre. Second is 374.3 miles of US-212 in South Dakota. Third is 347.4 miles of US-87 in Montana.
The Interstates are not clear either. 126 gaps sit on Interstate highways. The longest is 168.9 miles of I-29 in South Dakota. Texas has the most gaps of any state: 98, covering 8,581 miles.
Federal money was meant to close these holes. 309 of the gaps fall on roads the Federal Highway Administration designates as EV Alternative Fuel Corridors. Of 15,954 open public DC fast stations in the 50 states and DC, 2,558 meet all three federal NEVI minimums.
"Range anxiety is a map problem," said Ross D. Blankenship, founder of ChargingNear.me. "Drivers do not need a pep talk. They need to know where the next charger is before they leave the driveway. We drew every gap so you can plan around it."
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About ChargingNear.me: ChargingNear.me is a free map of public EV charging in the United States. It lists 58,191 charging locations, 273,316 ports and 82,312 DC fast ports across 132 networks. It is based in Edwards, Colo.
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Data note: ChargingNear.me analysis of U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center (NREL) station data, CC BY 4.0, and FHWA corridor designations. Gaps are highway stretches over 50 miles between open public DC fast chargers. Computed Nov. 9, 2026.