Wisconsin Public Radio reports
It's easy to forget how vast and complex the existing infrastructure for gas vehicles is. Not having that convenience is a problem the sellers and proponents of electric vehicles [have] been working to change.
Now, the Obama administration says it will significantly expand the nation's infrastructure for electric vehicles. The U.S. Department of Transportation is establishing 48 national electric vehicle charging corridors. Those vehicle routes dotted with charging stations are intended to cover 25,000 miles of highway in 35 states.
[...] The idea is to add thousands of electric charging stations around the country. In addition, states and local governments signed up to increase electric vehicles in their fleets.
[...] This all comes as consumers are turning away from sedans and moving toward SUVs and pickups. David Shepardson of Reuters looks at the problem of slow electric adoption by consumers.
[...] In August 2008, Obama set a goal of getting 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the roads by 2015. Only about 520,000 electric cars have been sold in the United States since 2008, out of about 250 million cars and trucks on U.S. roads.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @02:07AM
'Lo, boys! Well, these little men
finally caught up with the criminal
a the century! Looks like the chair
for George Nelson. Yup! Gonna
electrify me! I'm gonna go off like
a Roman candle! Twenty thousand
volts chasin' the rabbit through
yours truly! Gonna shoot sparks out
the top of my head and lightning
from my fingertips!
Yessir! Gonna suck all the power
right outa the state! Goddamn, boys,
I'm on top of the world!
I'M GEORGE NELSON AND I'M FEELIN' TEN FEET TALL!
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @02:21AM
No, the fact is, they're
flooding this valley...
so they can hydroelectric
up the whole durn state.
Yes, sir, the South
is gonna change.
Everything's gonna be
put on electricity...
and run on a paying basis.
Out with the old
spiritual mumbo jumbo...
the superstitions,
and the backward ways.
We're gonna see
a brave new world...
where they run
everybody a wire...
and hook us all up to a grid.