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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal EV charging stations are key to Biden's climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them
https://apnews.com/article/biden-ev-electric-vehicles-charging-stations-ohio-bdf7cc25e57a2ae8a0522aab434965fcFederal EV charging stations are key to Bidens climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them
By ALEXA ST. JOHN, MATTHEW DALY and JOSHUA A. BICKEL
Updated 10:22 AM CDT, March 28, 2024
LONDON, Ohio (AP) Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip.
Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV because I think the technology is cool and the range is just long enough, searched ahead of time for convenient charging stations between his home in Indianapolis and Allegheny National Forest in western Pennsylvania.
About 175 miles (282 kilometers) into his journey, he stopped at a new public charging station at the Pilot Travel Center along Interstate 70 outside Columbus, Ohio. The station, which opened in London, Ohio, in December with four chargers, can power an EV in about half an hour while drivers buy food and drinks and use amenities.
That first charge cost Sawyer, a 32-year-old civil engineer, about $20.
The Ohio charging station was created from the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed into law in November 2021. More than two years later, only four states Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Hawaii have opened stations funded by the program.
Biden, a Democrat, has set a goal of creating a national network of 500,000 publicly available chargers by 2030. Easily accessible charging ports are a key part of his effort to encourage drivers to move away from gasoline-powered cars and trucks that contribute to global warming.
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Federal EV charging stations are key to Biden's climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them (Original Post)
dalton99a
Mar 29
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(35,346 posts)1. That is why myself and millions of others won't by an EV. It is not everyone is against them,
there is no infrastructure to support them and won't be for years. Two years after the infrastructure bill was passed
and there are only 4 states that have any. In Ohio there are 11.7 million people and 4.7 million cars registered, how many charging stations? I find out there is one in London Ohio about 150 miles and 2 1/2 hours from here. If they are ever built will
we still be using EV technology or will it be hydrogen or something else.
Tell me when the southern states have charging stations.