You're about to see a lot more Electric Vehicle Charging
Stations (EVCS) on your daily drive. Within months of taking
office, the Biden Administration announced an initiative to build
half a million new charging stations across the country. The
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs act, which passed in November
2021, includes $7.5 billion towards this goal; the
Administration's signature domestic policy bill, the Build
Back Better act, also includes funding to promote electric vehicles
and expand the public charging network. California's governor
is promoting an ambitious plan of 500,000 electric vehicles on the
state's road in five years.
This is exciting news for the owners, operators and designers of
EVCSs, and a welcome boost for a rapidly growing industry. What
many companies are not considering, however, are the needs of the
disabled drivers who will need to be able to access their electric
vehicle charging stations.
