Electric vehicle stations to be placed every 50 miles along interstate highways to spur adoption of zero-emission cars
The Biden administration has unveiled a plan to award nearly $5bn over five years to build thousands of electric vehicle charging stations.
Under Department of Transportation requirements, states must submit plans to the federal government and can begin construction this year if they focus first on highway routes, rather than neighborhoods and shopping centers, that can allow people to take their electric vehicles long distances.Each station would need to have at least four fast-charger ports, which enable drivers to fully recharge their vehicles in about an hour.
“A century ago, America ushered in the modern automotive era; now America must lead the electric vehicle revolution,” the transportation secretary,Buttigieg made the announcement in front of the transportation department along with White House officials, flanked by a pair of black Ford Mustang Mach-E SUVs in the federal government’s growing electric fleet that he and the energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, drive.
The law provides an additional $2.5bn for local grants, planned for later this year, to fill remaining gaps in the charging network in rural areas and in disadvantaged communities, which currently are less likely to own the higher-priced electric vehicles. States failing to meet all the federal requirements risk delays in getting approval from the Federal Highway Administration or not getting money at all.
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