by Kevin Killough
Businesses building electric vehicle charging stations say that finding enough electricity is a major — perhaps fatal — problem.
Of the 211 developers surveyed by Xendee, a California-based software company, 75 percent said that electric grid limitations are among the biggest roadblock to building EV charging infrastructure. The total cost of the infrastructure was a problem for 63 percent of the respondents, and permitting delays were cited by 53 percent of those surveyed.
Supply chain issues, financing, fleet-adequate solutions, engineering costs, and inadequate software were the other problems cited in the survey.
Utility Dive reports that some developers were unable to get information from utilities in a timely fashion, and some regions have seen major price spikes increase energy costs above economic levels.
Many of Xendee’s clients, according to Utility Dive, have resorted to installing gas- or diesel- powered generators to run their charging stations.
The Biden administration has gone all in on a future of EV’s, but that looks unlikely to happen, given poor planning and market forces.
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Kevin Killough is a reporter for Just the News.
Photo “EV Charging Station” by Sophie Jonas.
This is not news; this is not surprising. Elon Musk and Toyota executives were consistently clear the battery charging need, along with the batteries the raw materials mined for battery production, is fast out pacing availability. Again, the democrats, Biden and Newsom for the most part, refused to see reality while pushing their personal woke agenda.