Snacks: Check. Road trip tunes: Check. An interactive map showing electric vehicle charging stations at the national park you are visiting: Check, check, and check.
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows—and tourism to U.S. national parks skyrockets—many visitors to the nation’s wild spaces have the same question: Can I charge my car there? Now, those visitors can use a new interactive tool built by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to check if an EV charging site can be found at any of the United States’ more than 400 national parks, monuments, and historic sites.
