The direct current (DC) fast charging market in the United States is poised to shift into a new phase. Automakers are beginning to offer battery electric vehicles (BEVs) with significantly longer range at lower prices than available today. Over the next 10 years, the BEV population in the United States is expected to grow rapidly, with long-range BEVs becoming an increasingly large percentage of total BEVs in use. Drivers of these long-range BEVs are expected to boost demand for DC fast charging at much higher power levels than the 24 kW and 50 kW fast chargers common today. Automakers and charging equipment companies, as well as some utilities and government agencies, have begun developing plans to deploy networks of high power DC fast chargers throughout the United States. Stakeholders will need to consider how to optimize their significant investments by placing stations where demand is most likely to occur due to the presence of large BEV populations and frequently traveled highways and interstates. Navigant Research?s analysis shows that 95 stations would be sufficient to provide basic long distance travel for BEVs along the East and West Coasts and across the country. Coverage for BEVs in the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) by population in the United States could be achieved with 408 stations. This Navigant Research report provides a benchmark for stakeholders as they plan to build a DC fast charging network across the United States. Using publicly available census and travel data and customized BEV forecasts, Navigant Research has developed a set of maps showing where to place DC charging stations in a staged rollout. The report also features maps of proposed low power DC charging deployments designed to meet the needs of drivers within the major MSAs of the United States.