Electric-vehicle sales are booming, but US efforts to build a national network of charging stations are progressing slowly as states figure out how to get public funding to kick-start the new service industry. to be done.
as the Biden administration Preparations to give $ 7.5 billion to the states As for new charging stations, a similar recent effort suggests a hard road ahead. States received $424 million that could be used for charging stations as part of a $2.8 billion settlement Volkswagen To address allegations that he cheated on diesel emissions tests. So far, more than four years later, they’ve charged about 48% of those dollars.