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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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[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A third of Americans rent their home, that's not an edge case.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Renting a home means you have access to a wall socket.

Yes, those are edge cases.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're out of touch, not just with where we are, but where we need to be.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Adding to charging networks is a waste of resources. We need battery storage at grid level. It's more important and a higher priority.