PublishedSenior members of the Biden administration held a virtual meeting with auto industry leaders on Wednesday to talk about electric cars, EV charging, and the government’s plan to add 500,000 chargers to the highways and byways of America. It’s a good thing the meeting was held online, as the number of people in attendance would have filled most conference rooms.
Representing the White House were Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, according toThe automakers were represented by Mary Barra for General Motors, Elon Musk for Tesla, Jim Farley for Ford, Carlos Tavares for Stellantis, Peter Rawlinson for Lucid, Jeremie Papin for Nissan Americas, as well as executives from Hyundai Motor America, Subaru of America, Mazda North America,...
Every one talks about range anxiety when it comes to electric cars, but what they are really talking about is charging anxiety. There are real concerns that when the need to charge occurs, there will be no chargers available or the ones that are will be slow, out of service, or operated by a company that requires pre-registration to access the equipment.
No one wants to be stuck in a snow storm late at night trying to convince some customer service representative to enable charging — not when your SOC meter is at 4% and there are warning lights flashing on the dashboard telling you to “CHARGE NOW.” No specifics about the meeting were announced. Tesla is reportedly willing to allow drivers of other cars to use its
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