As the nation shifts to electric vehicles, picture well-kept but long discontinued gas-powered pickups, especially in areas where charging stations may be sparse.
As the nation shifts to electric vehicles, picture well-kept but long discontinued gas-powered pickups, especially in areas where charging stations may be sparse.
The United States has about 100,000 public chargers, far fewer than Europe and China. It needs 10 times as many, auto experts say, to complete the switch from combustion engine vehicles.
President Biden has made conversion to E.V.s a pillar of climate policy. But government incentives mostly help affluent buyers, not average families.
A bipartisan package includes the largest-ever federal spending for electric vehicle charging stations, public transit and clean water.
The president wants to use pollution rules to rapidly lift sales, but there are hurdles ahead.
The proposal being prepared by the White House is intended to begin grappling with a number of big issues that President Biden focused on during the campaign.
Building electric cars, and repairing them, will require a huge change for the industry and usher in a new automotive era.
The fuel could play an important role in fighting climate change, but it has been slow to gain traction because of high costs.