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We Went to the First EV Charging Station Funded by the Federal Infrastructure Law
The Ohio charging station signals the start of a wave of new projects paid for by the 2021 law.
By Dan Gearino
LONDON, Ohio—On the western outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, two doors down from a Waffle House, is a truck stop that, as of last Friday, has the first electric vehicle charging station in the country to be financed in part by the 2021 federal infrastructure law.
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State of Play
As electric vehicles — critical in the effort to reduce emissions in transportation — become more economical, the federal government and some states are addressing the need for supporting infrastructure, such as charging stations.