The United States is moving towards more sustainable forms of energy and one of the biggest ways to reduce carbon emissions is switching to electric/hybrid/plug-in hybrid vehicles. One of President Biden’s initiatives is to have 50% of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030 (New Private and Public Sector Investments for Affordable Electric Vehicles). In addition, there are a variety of incentives created on the State’s level to promote switching to electric cars. For example, Washington State has several options that could make the switch easier including tax exemptions (up to 7500$), tax credit for the installation of residential fueling equipment (up to 1000$), and tax exemptions on both purchased and leased electric vehicles (up to 975$/up to 1040$) (Electric Vehicle Incentives). 

In our project, we explored how the supply of EV charging stations corresponds to the quickly rising demand based on the electric vehicle population in Washington State. We analyzed the current map of the Electric Vehicles (EV) charging stations in relation to the EV population map to see if there are neighborhoods with higher demand for the charging stations and whether this demand is met.

 Furthermore, we looked at the demographic factors of the neighborhoods such as median household income and maximum level of education attainment to see if there is a correlation between socioeconomic characteristics and the adoption of electric vehicles. This analysis could help to determine which neighborhoods are more likely to switch to electric cars in the future and where the charging stations will be in higher demand.