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Biden wants network of 500,000 EV chargers. Two states are getting a head start. Ohio and Pennsylvania are leading the way in the completion of a more robust national charging network (wapo.st)
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Chargers arent really an issue. Not sure why this is consistently the focus.

Grid level battery storage is what we need. The cars can a day between charging. Charge them at home. But we effectively need to long term reduce the environmental impacts of electricity to 0. We need grid level storage to do so.

I've been driving an electric for 3 years. I maybe charge outside of the house (slow, trickle charge overnight) 12x a year. Its just not neccessary.

[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having a broad charger system would facilitate commercial electric transport which is where the biggest gains can be made in terms of reducing car climate impact.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Agree, but that's a very very very different kind of network than what we're talking about.

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