Gov. Doug Burgum bashed the idea of electric vehicles in North Dakota as the state Industrial Commission passed, at least for now, on funding a regional plan for EVs. “We know that electric vehicles and cold temperatures just don’t mix,” said Burgum, one of three members of the commission. The commission was asked to provide […] The post Burgum gives EV plan the cold shoulder appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.
While 95 percent of its $1.5 billion investment will focus on electrifying fleets of commercial vehicles, the remaining 5 percent of investment will go towards charging infrastructure and other requirements.
The number of Electric Vehicles (EV) on the road is rapidly growing. This creates challenges for EV charging infrastructure and parking. Our colleague Peter Dingemans gave his view on this subject in a recent interview for the Intertraffic 2024 event.