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Climate change is an infrastructure problem – map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why

  • Written by Paul N. Edwards, William J. Perry Fellow in International Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
imageWhile a gas station might be 72 miles away, an EV charger may be much farther.Pgiam via Getty Images

Most of America’s 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers – at least not yet. Today the U.S. has around 43,000 public EV charging stations, with about...

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