As EV Adoption Rises, EV Infrastructure May Be Approaching Its Inflection Point

In spite of the recent uncertainty over whether the Build Back Better Act will become law in any form resembling that passed by the House in Fall 2021, electric vehicle ("EV") charging infrastructure may still be on the cusp of a dramatic inflection point.

Beginning with the Biden Administration's August 2021 Executive Order on Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks, and continuing with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed in November 2021 and culminating with the EPA's new emissions rules published at the end of December 2021, the federal government has implemented an assortment of carrots and sticks meant to stimulate adoption of EVs and the charging infrastructure necessary for widespread public adoption. In addition, public and private industry groups have begun to collaborate to expand the needed infrastructure.