US Auto Cos. Look to Clear Obstacles to Fully Electric Future
The U.S. electric-vehicle industry is riding a wave of momentum as the Biden administration finalizes new standards for a first-ever national charging network, with the Big Three automakers and others pledging to drop billions into domestic battery-manufacturing facilities.
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Increasing the number of public chargers nationwide and securing commitments from major EV manufacturers to expand their networks over the next two years — using private funds to complement the planned spending of federal dollars — mark a significant step forward, according to Blank Rome LLP attorney Robert C. Levicoff.
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"Providing funds to deploy publicly accessible charging infrastructure within communities, including at schools, grocery stores, parks, libraries and apartment complexes, will make one of the largest and far-reaching impacts to spread this technology to more of the general public and assist in meeting what are arguably still very ambitious EV adoption goals," Levicoff said.
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“US Auto Cos. Look to Clear Obstacles to Fully Electric Future,” by Linda Chiem was published in Law360 on March 2, 2023.