WASHINGTON — As the federal government moves forward with a plan to build a nationwide charging network for electric vehicles, it's "off to the races" for states looking to soothe consumer range anxiety.
"This is not going to be the federal government going and buying chargers and putting them in the ground," Michael Berube, a senior official at the U.S. Energy Department, said of the strategy to build 500,000 EV charging stations by 2030 with funding from the $1 trillion infrastructure law.
Instead, states will take charge.