Minnesota’s ambitious EV dreams still need a charge
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Minnesota’s clean energy push includes an ambitious goal to have electric vehicles be 20 percent of all light-duty vehicles on the road by 2030. However, getting there means building thousands of electric vehicle charging stations across the state.
“We project a need for about 8,300 public fast charging ports statewide by 2030 to meet Minnesota's goal,” said Nadia El Mallakh, vice president of clean transportation and strategic partnerships at Xcel Energy. “And of course, like any infrastructure projects, there's permitting, there's finding the ideal locations. So these can take months and at times years to build.” | |
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