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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by beefman on Sunday May 12, 2024 @03:48PM (#40337031)
Not sure what your point is. The type of stations being subsidized are broadly similar to, and if anything predate, Tesla's stations. There is nothing new to spin up. The reasons for the failure lie elsewhere.
Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by ceejayoz on Sunday May 12, 2024 @03:51PM (#40337052)
There's absolutely stuff to spin up on a project to install 50k chargers in 50 states.

Among them, getting manufacturers to agree on a charging standard, which only happened very recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Charging_Standa...

> From June 2023 through February 2024, automakers BMW Group, Fisker, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai Motor Group, Jaguar Land Rover, Lotus Cars, Lucid Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Polestar, Rivian, Stellantis, Subaru, Toyota, Volvo Cars, and Volkswagen Group all announced that they would equip their electric vehicles sold in the North American market with NACS charge ports from the factory starting in 2025, with adapters available for existing vehicles. As of February 2024, Mitsubishi Motors is the only legacy automaker who has not announced that it will adopt NACS.

I promise you, my decade of experience building websites helps me do it faster than a newbie using the same tools.

Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by janice1999 on Sunday May 12, 2024 @03:56PM (#40337097)
Clearly you've never had to build anything. It takes a long time to identify sites, get permissions in place, co-ordinate between utility provides and local governments, pass environmental assessments, health and safety etc etc. We're talking about installing very high voltage chargers here. You can't pick a spot on a map and install one the next week.