Electric Vehicle Future Brightens As Charging Infrastructure Set to Expand

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🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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With gas-burning vehicles the largest source of California's greenhouse gas emissions, transitioning to clean energy sources in transportation is considered key to slowing climate change. In recent weeks California has been allocated a major boost in federal and state funds to expand the electric vehicle charging network. We'll discuss the plans and how much they might move the needle on e-vehicle adoption. We’ll also look at promising new technology to make EV's more attractive and affordable, and innovative proposals for improving charging, including electrified roads that charge the car while you drive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.6	At this point, it's pretty likely that one piece of transforming our society to dampen
1:29.0	the effects of climate change can be summed up in two words, electrify everything.
1:34.8	But we have a long, long way to go, and the details and timing really matter.
1:38.8	So today on Forum, we're going to look at some of the new exciting things in EVs, like
1:43.0	the new trucks and evolving e-bikes,
1:45.3	and also dig into the gnarly infrastructure changes
1:48.2	that will be necessary to turn EVs from a luxury good
1:51.5	into a mainstay of transportation.
1:53.6	And we'll also ask, how far can EVs get us
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