[AZGolf]

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Key Step Forward in Building a National Network of User-Friendly, Reliable, and Accessible Electric Vehicle Chargers | US Department of Transportation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In keeping with President Biden’s commitment to jumpstart the construction of a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2030, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on...

www.transportation.gov

“To support the transition to electric vehicles, we must build a national charging network that makes finding a charge as easy as filling up at a gas station”. said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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These resources include new NEVI formula program Questions and Answers and a new resource to help states, particularly rural states, evaluate the best locations for charging stations when it may not be possible to provide charging stations at the required 50-mile intervals.

Looks like one of the chief complaints that non-EV users have about not enough charging infrastructure for road trips is being addressed with this new directive and $5 billion in DOT funding.

 

[ValveCoverGasket]

Looks like one of the chief complaints that non-EV users have about not enough charging infrastructure for road trips is being addressed with this new directive and $5 billion in DOT funding.

then it sounds like we're gonna have to move the goalposts!

but in all seriousness, this is a good thought about making a plan to form a committee to create the first budget proposal to take the first step toward an EV future. i cant wait!

 

[ImpeccableNEW]

No worries, BIDEN commitment is behind it I know it will be a success

 

[VarianceVQ]

No worries, BIDEN commitment is behind it I know it will be a success

Better than the last guy's four years of "Infrastructure Week".

 

[quaudi]

Never happen in our lifetime.

 

[ValveCoverGasket]

Never happen in our lifetime.

i think thats the kind of go-getter spirit that makes american exceptionalism truly unique.

 

[quaudi]

Agreed.

 

[MAC]

My goal is to either be alive for teleporting or be dead before the planet war for electricity. We'll see 😁

 

[dhdd]

My goal is to either be alive for teleporting or be dead before the planet war for electricity. We'll see 😁

There will be a war for water before electricity.

 

[Silly_me]

So a nationalized "fueling" system?

 

[2 doors]

So a nationalized "fueling" system?

Yes. Along our nationalized roads.

 

[MAC]

Well, you boomers certainly can't be dead fast enough.

Genx mfer. I've never worn white sneakers.

Enjoy inheriting the car lounge. Should be very lucrative for you and your peers 🤣

 

[Silly_me]

Yes. Along our nationalized roads.

OK, I wasn't aware the current stations along those same roads were nationalized. Thanks or the clarification 👍

 

[maxeymum]

So how long do I have to sit there waiting for my EV to charge? Not sarcasm, just genuinely curious how long it will interrupt, say, a cross country drive.

 

[GoFaster]

So a nationalized "fueling" system?

Subsidised, more likely. I doubt if this will take the form of enormous service centres dedicated to EV charging ... more likely, existing petrol stations and rest stops and truck stops will get subsidies for putting in charging stations. That's how it has been happening here.

 

[GoFaster]

So how long do I have to sit there waiting for my EV to charge? Not sarcasm, just genuinely curious how long it will interrupt, say, a cross country drive.

This depends on what EV you have and how you use it and how much power the charging station has. At the moment among somewhat-affordable vehicles, it seems like the Hyundai/Kia/Genesis E-GMP vehicles have the best charging situation, and if the charger has enough power, those will do something like 10% - 80% state-of-charge in 18 minutes and that's good for 200-ish miles / 300-ish km (so 3 hours).

Most people are going to stop for a coffee / meal / bathroom break for something like that amount of time every few hours anyhow, and if you arrange to do that in conjunction with a charging stop ... it doesn't add much, if anything, to the length of the journey. Of course, older-tech shorter-range slower-charging vehicles won't be like that.

Go on youtube and look up Bjorn Nyland and his "1000 km challenge" tests.

 

[MandatoryOutsidePossum]

Only 10 years late!

 

[The_Real_Stack]

The two keys are density of chargers, not just stations (need 10+ chargers per site, not 1-2) and keeping them maintained and easy to access/use and not require 3 zillion different apps and crap.

If they do that we’re golden.

 

[Uber Wagon]

I can already see what's gonna happen.

 

[Silly_me]

Subsidised, more likely. I doubt if this will take the form of enormous service centres dedicated to EV charging ... more likely, existing petrol stations and rest stops and truck stops will get subsidies for putting in charging stations. That's how it has been happening here.

That's what I was thinking, and it makes sense, but this is the U.S. government and making sense usually doesn't.