Electric vehicle manufacturers are ramping up production to meet the federal government's 2030 deadline.
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Electric vehicle manufacturers are ramping up production to meet the federal government's 2030 deadline. By then, half of all new cars sold in the United States will have to be zero-emission vehicles.
While hard work continues behind the scenes across the country, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has stepped up to make this technology more accessible and accessible to all.
Green is everywhere in North Carolina, but it's green energy that has NCDOT officials excited about the future of electric vehicles.
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NCDOT Statewide Initiatives Supervisor Heather Hildebrandt said the department is working tirelessly to put the plan into action.
“We started tracking zero-emission vehicle registrations and I'm happy to say that we actually surpassed our goal of 80,000 vehicles a year early,” Hildebrandt told WCNC Charlotte's Colin Mayfield. Ta.
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$109 million was raised through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI) to help the state identify when charging will occur and where it will be most beneficial to drivers.
“We are building a total of 36 to 37 fast chargers, and these chargers can charge four vehicles simultaneously at 150 kilowatts,” Hildebrandt said.
North Carolina is building corridors along the busiest routes to make it easier for everyone to travel in and out of the state. Chargers will be built every 50 miles along the approximately 4,000 miles of alternative fuel corridor, within one mile of a freeway, and within one mile of a freeway.
“One of the main goals of our program is to ensure that new technologies like electric vehicles are available to everyone,” Hildebrandt said.
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Hildebrandt said their research shows that EV owners are primarily people who own their own homes and can charge at home or at work. This makes the technology easier and cheaper to implement, and NCDOT hopes to continue it in the state.
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