{"id":307046,"date":"2026-06-14T11:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307046\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:38:45","slug":"florida-hotels-emerge-as-key-ev-charging-hubs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307046\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida hotels emerge as key EV charging hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Hotels across Florida are becoming key stops for electric vehicle drivers as the state continues expanding its charging network for travelers and residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">New research from Compare the Market shows Florida now has more than 16,000 EV chargers spread across nearly 5,000 locations statewide. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The data highlights a growing infrastructure that\u2019s helping drivers cover long distances through the Sunshine State with fewer range concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hotels make up a significant portion of those charging sites. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Industry analysts say this trend is likely to continue as more automakers roll out electric models and as demand increases for accessible charging along interstate routes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781437125_915_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Hotels across Florida are becoming key stops for electric vehicle drivers as the state continues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[147,145,128114,27758,128113,28,3964,3192,139,141,140,144,146],"class_list":["post-307046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-central-florida","tag-channel-9","tag-charging-network","tag-electric-vehicle","tag-ev-chargers","tag-florida","tag-hotels","tag-james-tutten","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-wftv","tag-wftv-channel-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}