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First $300M tranche of VW National ZEV investment targets charging infrastructure; 150kW+ fast charging on highway network

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Sites will be, on average, about 66 miles apart, with no more than 120 miles between stations, meaning many shorter range ZEVs available today will be able to use this network.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. methodology found that nearly 1,700 megawatt hours per day would be needed to bridge the gap between charging infrastructure in the ground today and what would be needed by 2020 in the six targeted metro areas.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I mean, when the electricity it uses is produces, pollution still happens, just not "right from your car"? Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.