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Range anxiety remains one of the biggest obstacles to expanding electric vehicle ownership in the U.S. Drivers still fear getting stranded on long drives when their EV battery is depleted and there is no charging station on the horizon, according to AAA’s latest EV consumer survey.
But range anxiety shouldn’t be as intimidating as it used to be. Charging station infrastructure is improving and the newest EVs have longer ranges than ever. Rachel Moses, senior director of sales and marketing for Electrify America, set out to prove it.
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In October 2025, Moses took a 1,765-mile drive from Portland, Maine, to Key West, Florida. She planned stops at 15 charging stations across 14 states and split the journey between two EVs.
The trip grew out of a challenge from a Reddit user to take an EV road trip relying only on Electrify America charging stations, the largest high-speed EV charging network in the U.S.
Moses’ journey replicated one that would typically be taken by someone who spends summers in the northeast and winters in the south.
“I really wanted to do something that people do quite frequently, like the snowbird route,” Moses said, noting the importance to older drivers and families.
Just like planning stops between attractions and hotels, mapping out charging stations is simply part of taking an EV road trip.
“We wanted to emphasize to people the abundance of chargers.” Electrify America charging stations are also searchable on Google Maps, which makes finding them even easier.
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An Electrifying Adventure
Stops on Moses’ route included Electrify America’s first charging station, installed in 2018 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, as well as a New York station where the company works with the New York Power Authority to assist it in growing the EVolveNY charging network. And lots of coffee shops.
Moses was joined by colleagues for different legs of her journey. The trip spotlighted two EVs to show how they performed. Moses left Maine in a 2025 Volkswagen ID Buzz and, at the firm’s Center for Excellence in Reston, Va., she swapped it for a 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E.
While EV charging takes longer than pumping gas, charging never took longer than 30 to 35 minutes, depending on which vehicle she was driving. Plus, it was a much needed and welcomed break from driving.
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“Our whole network is designed to invest in areas that are safe, convenient, well-lit and have amenities,” she said. “The amenity I craved was coffee. A lot of the locations where we charged always aligned with things we needed.”
Electrify America is one of several companies building more high-speed, rest stop-style charging stations across the U.S.
Moses joked that she wished she had a little more time to sightsee along the way, but that was not the point of the trip.
“We want people to see that long-distance trips in EVs today can be easy and seamless,” Moses said. “You can go out there and explore America, and you can do it easily.”
AAA’s Recommendation: Whether you own an electric vehicle or a gas-powered car is up to you – and you should consider lots of factors in making that choice. No matter what type of vehicle you’re choosing, we recommend visiting a dealership, test driving one, and asking as many questions as possible to make an informed decision.
