In a one-on-one conversation with Car and Driver, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the goal for the United States is to have enough electric vehicle charging stations that range anxiety becomes a thing of the past. “Success looks like a world where you never have to think twice about whether you’ll be able to get to where you’re going based on whether there are chargers there,” he said, adding that they need to make EV charging universal. (Source: Car and Driver) Read the original story.
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