Can government fix the EV infrastructure gap?

Harvard Business School

By Glen Justice June 27, 2024

WASHINGTON— The U.S. government is spending billions of dollars to create thousands of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in coming years, most of them along major transportation corridors nationwide. But will it be enough to keep the EV market growing?

It’s an open question—and an important one. The availability of public charging opportunities can influence EV sales, which in turn are vital to meeting the nation’s reduced emissions targets.

Omar Asensio, a visiting climate fellow at Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) who studies the electric vehicle charging market, told The BiGS Fix that America’s approach to public charging has differed sharply from those in other countries.

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