States get go-ahead to build electric car charging stations
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/states-get-go-ahead-to-build-electric-car-charging-stations/
By HOPE YEN
The Associated Press
States are getting the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of
electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or upgraded ones
every 50 miles along interstate highways as part of the Biden
administration’s plan to spur widespread adoption of the zero-emission
cars.
...
The administration Thursday announced the availability of $5 billion in
federal money to states over five years
...
states must submit plans to the federal government and can begin
construction by this fall if they focus first on highway routes, rather
than neighborhoods and shopping centers,
...
Each station would need to have at least four fast-charger ports
...
[Buttigieg]
“Many might think of them as a luxury item,” he said. “The reality is
nobody benefits more from EVs in principle than those who drive the
longest distances, often our rural Americans.”
...
The law provides an additional $2.5 billion for local grants, ... to
fill remaining gaps in the charging network in rural areas and in
disadvantaged communities
...
Biden also has set a goal of 50% electric vehicle sales by 2030, part of
a broader effort to become zero emissions economywide by 2050. Electric
vehicles amounted to less than 3% of U.S. new auto sales last year, but
forecasters expect big increases in the next decade. Consumers bought
about 400,000 fully electric vehicles.
...
Electric vehicle owners now charge their vehicles at home 80% of the
time, making the need for EV charging stations at colleges,
apartment-building parking lots or even public streets less urgent. But
that is likely to change as more people who don’t have a garage to house
a charging station buy EVs.
...
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