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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

As a senior in high school, Smith entered an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Enginners (IEEE) competition in Baltimore describing a project on computers and small EVs. You could buy an LEV, but you could only get it serviced at the store you bought it from. His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

Green Car Congress

By late summer, the Federal Railroad Administration will begin awarding the first round of grants. As examples from other countries, China runs trains on its 114 km Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Rail line at a top speed of 217 mph (350 km/h) and is buying 100 350 km/h trains for the upcoming Beijing-Shanghai corridor. Earlier post.)

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How Many EV Charging Stations Will $10 Billion Buy for America?

EV Adoption

And now that the Senate’s version of the Biden Infrastructure Bill is close to passing, a potential estimated $10 billion could fund grants for building out EV charging infrastructure in the US. So with that out of the way, let’s get back to the question of “How many electric vehicle charging stations will $10 billion buy for America?”.

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