Quite a few. They started with a pilot of 24 of them in early 2013, and now have over 100 in 24 markets, and are still expanding aggressively .
Ah, OK.... earlier you had said:
They have 300 of them installed in the US.
As for the 100 that you mention now, are you sure they are already installed as you state? The following articles also state that 100 units number, but suggest that project started this summer, and isn't planned to be completed until April of 2014:
PCMag Article
Plugin Cars Article
Doing a quick search on some of the charging search sites of chademo stations in the US as a whole for ALL vendors (not just Nissan) would seem to indicate the 300 number can't be right... so I suspect those articles are probably accurate.
So, speaking of North America, Tesla lists 37 stations. Given that the number of bays at each station seems to range from 6-12 (I think I may have hear of one 4-bay location, and did a couple get expanded to 16?), I'd guess the average is probably 8 bays? If so, that's about 300 bays today. If the the articles above are accurate, I'd suspect Nissan might be about half way through their project.. so maybe 50-75 spots (including the original 24 pilot locations).
Nonetheless, Nissan's plans are interesting... thanks for the input. Some questions for anybody that might know:
- Is there typically more than a single charger at a site?
- If quick-charging is an option for the Leaf, any ideas how many are equipped with the capability?
- Does anybody know folks who use them, and under what circumstances?
(Incidentally, unless I missed it, Nissan doesn't make them easy to find....)