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What to Know Before Buying These Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stocks

Despite momentary weakness, there is long-term demand for more charging stations, but the obvious investments may have some fatal flaws.

By Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe – Jan 11, 2025 at 6:00AM EST

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe explain why pure-play electric vehicle charging stocks EVgo (EVGO 0.52%) and ChargePoint (CHPT +6.68%) might look appealing but have serious flaws investors should know about, and why they may struggle to compete against Tesla and others with more diversified businesses.

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Jan. 8, 2025. The video was published on Jan. 10, 2025.

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Jason Hall
Jason Hall is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst with more than a decade of experience writing about dividend stocks and long-term investing. He has been with the company since 2012 and previously spent over 10 years in technical sales in the printing and information services industry. Jason also founded and operated a small food manufacturing business.
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Stocks Mentioned

EVgo Stock Quote
EVgo
NASDAQ: EVGO
$1.93
(-0.52%)-$0.01
Tesla Stock Quote
Tesla
NASDAQ: TSLA
$352.42
(+0.99%)+$3.47
ChargePoint Stock Quote
ChargePoint
NYSE: CHPT
$5.43
(+6.68%)+$0.34

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