Governments face demand for more electric chargers

Axios - Cities, states and the federal government are all scrambling to build out the nation's electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, Jennifer A. Kingson writes for Axios What's Next. Why it matters: EV early adopters were typically wealthy people in single-family homes — where it's relatively easy to install a home charger. Without more public stations, EV adoption is likely to stall. Cities are passing new building codes and zoning rules to coax — or force — developers to install rapid-charging stations (or at least reserve space for them).