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What are the challenges facing Biden's electric vehicle program?

President Biden may be winning points with environmentalists, renewable-energy champions and U.S. allies abroad for his serious approach to slowing global warming, but his electric-vehicle plan has some practical challenges when applied across all 50 states.Transportation isthe largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, which is why electric-vehicle adoption is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate-change plan.Biden may be winning points with some consumers, environmenta

What are the challenges facing Biden's electric vehicle program?

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But the higher initial purchase cost and lack of access to vehicle charging remain barriers for many households and fleet owners.“Charging is the big challenge right now,” said Joe Wiesenfelder, executive editor at Cars.com. “People will want to charge at home, overnight, then unplug and drive. At-home charging doesn’t work in every home without modification. And once on the road and needing a charge, even fast-charging batteries aren’t as fast as the five minutes consumers are used to spending at a gas station.”Still, well aware of the burgeoning policy and regulatory trend, several states, led by California, are taking comprehensive steps to help enable more residents and businesses to use and charge EVs. Other states notably have done less to reduce barriers to entry, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, in what it suggests is a first-of-its-kind report ranking states.States that rate high in this particular report are mitigating obstacles by offering purchase incentives to buy EVs (on top of federal tax credits, which are up to $7,500 for select manufacturers, excluding TeslaTSLA,-2.07%,where credits have been phased out), adding more charging options and setting lower electric rates at preferred car-charging times.California is the only state to set deadlines for electrifying transit buses, heavy trucks and commercial vehicles. The state is also one of the few to offer assistance for lower-income drivers replacing older, high-polluting cars with zero- or near-zero-emissions vehicles, and it plans to deploy chargers in economically distressed areas and communities with a history of environmental injustice.California scored 91 out of 100 possible points. 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