If approved, this could end range anxiety in America.
With the recent launches of the Volkswagen ID.4 and Ford Mustang Mach-E boosting EV sales, there will soon be more electric cars on the road than ever before. Currently, there are around 100,000 public chargers in America, but President Biden has pledged to expand the infrastructure significantly by installing another 400,000 charging stations nationwide by 2030 as part of a massive $174 billion investment. Now, US lawmakers are pushing to put this plan into action and secure billions of dollars of funding.
The Hill reports that representatives Andy Levin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced a revised version of their Electric Vehicle Freedom Act bill.
U.S. lawmakers make push for electric vehicles, charging stations Reuters 3 hrs ago
WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are pushing for tens of billions of dollars in funding to shift to electric vehicles and away from gas-powered vehicles and build hundreds of thousands of charging stations.
Representatives Andy Levin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday are unveiling a revised version of their bill dubbed the Electric Vehicle Freedom Act to create a network of high-speed charging stations within five years along the public roads of the national highway system in the United States.
The House Democrats proposed a version last year while Donald Trump was president and who backed ending taxpayer subsidies for electric vehicle purchases. Levin said in an interview everything s changed in the push for EVs with the change in administration.
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WASHINGTON House Democrats are pushing for tens of billions of dollars in funding to shift to electric vehicles and away from gas-powered vehicles and build hundreds of thousands of charging stations.
U.S. Reps. Andy Levin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday are unveiling a revised version of their bill dubbed the Electric Vehicle Freedom Act to create a network of high-speed charging stations within five years along the public roads of the national highway system in the U.S.
The Democrats proposed a version last year while Donald Trump was president and who backed ending taxpayer subsidies for electric vehicle purchases. Levin said in an interview everything s changed in the push for EVs with the change in administration.