In August 2021, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order calling for half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 to be zeroemissions vehicles, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or fuel cell electr...In August 2021, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order calling for half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 to be zeroemissions vehicles, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles(EVs) [1]. Meeting that goal would amount to an estimated 48 million EVs on US roads. However, the country’s network of public EV fast charging stations is woefully unprepared to meet the needs of a fleet that large. To address this coming deluge of demand, an informal consortium of public agencies and private companies is hastily trying to build out charging station infrastructure-as well as electric grid capacity to support it-while engineers work to make charging EVs faster, cheaper,and more efficient.展开更多
文摘In August 2021, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order calling for half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 to be zeroemissions vehicles, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles(EVs) [1]. Meeting that goal would amount to an estimated 48 million EVs on US roads. However, the country’s network of public EV fast charging stations is woefully unprepared to meet the needs of a fleet that large. To address this coming deluge of demand, an informal consortium of public agencies and private companies is hastily trying to build out charging station infrastructure-as well as electric grid capacity to support it-while engineers work to make charging EVs faster, cheaper,and more efficient.