2030. 65000 EVs in Houston. 4 Local Government Issues.New Study.

The Study:  Environment Texas Report  entitled Local policies, state funds can help city prepare for electric car revolution

The local policies at issue:

• The need for EV charging stations
  • An estimated 2000 more charging stations would be necessary
  • Access to public charging stations
  •  Residential access to on-street EV charging
• The need to improve security of EVs in Houston
• The accessibility to grants to facilitate buiulding EV charging stations 
  • Support for private investment in publicly accessible stations 
• Incentivized EV parking and charging

“Where we really need to place our emphasis is on infrastructure, building out the capacities so that people can feel secure when they’re driving their electric vehicles around Houston,” said Dominic Boyer, director of the Rice Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences.

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