The Electric Driver Association · A national member association for EV driversThe consumer-side voice for electric-vehicle drivers

For drivers · By drivers

A national voice forelectric-vehicle drivers.

5,000,000+
Battery-electric drivers on US roads, January 2026.
The constituency.
One
Consumer-side association in formation. This one.
Independent. Non-partisan. Evidence-based.

Electric vehicles are no longer new. The driver experience still is. The Electric Driver Association represents EV drivers as consumers, focused on fair pricing, reliable charging, and real-world solutions that make driving electric easier and more dependable so the burden doesn't fall on the driver alone.

Today's EV landscape is dominated by: automakers, charging networks, utilities, and policy and advocacy groups. What's missing? A credible, data-driven association focused solely on EV drivers as consumers.

One survey email. No newsletter, no list-sharing. ZIP optional, help us shape a better EV experience.

The mission

To represent electric-vehicle drivers as consumers, advocating for fair pricing, reliable charging, transparent information, and practical standards that improve the real-world EV ownership experience across the United States.

Our commitment: to be independent, non-partisan, calm, credible and evidenced-based. EVs can be better. They will only get there if drivers have a voice.

The Electric Driver Association · Charter, Article I

What we stand for

Five standards, each backed by driver-side evidence.

The association is organized around five public commitments, each one naming a real problem and a concrete piece of work.

  1. Reliability

    Infrastructure that works in the real world.

    Public DC fast-charge sessions failed at roughly 1 in 5 attempts in 2024 (JD Power). Uptime is a contract drivers never signed.

    What we doWe collect station-level reliability data from members and publish it so failure patterns are visible to drivers and to operators.

  2. Fairness

    Clear, predictable pricing.

    Per-kWh prices vary widely across networks for the same energy. Idle fees, session fees, and plug-and-charge surprises stack invisibly.

    What we doWe track pricing across networks and publish a comparative scorecard so a driver can know what a session will cost before they swipe.

  3. Transparency

    Honest, usable information.

    What we doWe publish what drivers actually pay versus what they were quoted, with the methodology and the raw counts alongside.

  4. Accountability

    Data-backed evaluation.

    What we doWe aggregate the driver-side evidence and bring it to the rooms where decisions are made: regulators, legislators, standards bodies.

  5. Practicality

    Solutions that improve everyday driving.

    What we doWe advocate where driver outcomes change, not where headlines happen, and we measure whether the changes actually helped.

What we are not

We do not represent automakers, charging networks, utilities, or political or ideological agendas.

Drivers come first. Always. The association will not accept sponsorship, endorsement, or directional influence from the parties it holds to account.

What drivers tell us

Reported sessions that become our published baseline.

Real sessions, real numbers, real locations. The first national survey expands a sample like this into the driver-side dataset the EV conversation does not currently have. We focus on facts, data, and lived experience. No hype. No politics. No capture.

NoteThe networks, stations, locations, figures, and quotes shown for each charging location below are illustrative only and do not represent specific reported sessions.

ELECTRIFY AMERICA
STN-2241 · BAY 03
WHEN
2026-03-14 · 14:22
WHERE
Cary, NC
ATTEMPTED
62 kWh @ 350 kW
DELIVERED
0.00 kWh
CHARGED
$4.12 session fee
SESSION CURVE
Three bays, none worked. Drove 14 miles to another network.
CHARGEPOINT
STN-118 · BAY 02
WHEN
2026-04-02 · 19:48
WHERE
Phoenix, AZ
ATTEMPTED
40 kWh @ 62.5 kW
DELIVERED
40 kWh
CHARGED
$31.60
SESSION CURVE
Waited 45 minutes behind a plugged-in car with no owner in sight.
EVgo
STN-507 · BAY 01
WHEN
2026-04-11 · 08:11
WHERE
Boulder, CO
ATTEMPTED
55 kWh @ 100 kW
DELIVERED
55 kWh
CHARGED
$28.05 + $7.50 idle
SESSION CURVE
Idle fee began 30 seconds after the session ended. I was in the car.
TESLA SUPERCHARGER
STN-088 · BAY 07
WHEN
2026-04-22 · 22:03
WHERE
Burlington, VT
ATTEMPTED
30 kWh @ 150 kW
DELIVERED
30 kWh
CHARGED
$13.20
SESSION CURVE
Cheapest charge of the month. The bar should be 'reliable,' not 'lucky.'
FRANCIS ENERGY
STN-12 · BAY 01
WHEN
2026-05-03 · 11:54
WHERE
Tulsa, OK
ATTEMPTED
50 kWh @ 50 kW
DELIVERED
12.3 kWh
CHARGED
$11.40
SESSION CURVE
Throttled to 8 kW for the last 20 minutes. The app reported 'normal.'
BLINK
STN-66 · BAY 02
WHEN
2026-05-09 · 16:32
WHERE
Asheville, NC
ATTEMPTED
Any charge at all
DELIVERED
0.00 kWh
CHARGED
$0.00
SESSION CURVE
Hardware fault reported six weeks ago. Still listed as available.

Coverage

Where the evidence is coming from.

From sample data points to full-fledged representation. Your participation in the full survey helps expand this data into all fifty states. We are aggregating real-world driver data and will publish clear, neutral reports. Together we will identify systemic failures, and represent drivers where decisions are made.

CARY, NCASHEVILLE, NCBURLINGTON, VTTULSA, OKBOULDER, COPHOENIX, AZ
LEGEND
Charging or hardware failure
Reliability or pricing concern
Session reported nominal

Join the association

Help shape a better EV experience, based on facts, fairness, and real-world use.

Sign up for the first national driver survey. Your answers, with those of other drivers, become the founding dataset of the association, published openly with methodology alongside.

We email you when the first survey opens. No newsletter. No list-sharing. Your ZIP, if you share it, helps the association argue policy in your state.