Recent studies about EV charging should give pause to owners, those considering buying an EV, and even the government and charging network providers. A study released by the Canadian government in late August found the country needs to speed up the instillation of public chargers, while a U.S. study discovered that just over a quarter of 181 public quick charging stations visited in the San Francisco area did not work. Keep in mind, this is an area of the U.S. where it doesn’t need to deal with extreme swings in temperature and humidity, or ice and snow like, say, in Southern Ontario. Read original article here.
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