A coalition of American car manufacturers has formed an alliance to build a charging network to rival Tesla`s Superchargers, and that`s good news for everyone.Tesla has long dominated DC fast-charging for electric vehicles in the United States, having many years ago taken the lead in EV sales and building their Supercharger network to support it. Today there are more than 30,000 Supercharger chargers installed at stations all over the United States (and the rest of the world too), but a new move by a coalition of American automakers wants to challenge that — and that`s good news for everyone!
The partnership between BMW, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes, and Stellantis is one of the most important recent developments in the EV landscape. These seven automakers committed to building 30,000 of their own DC fast chargers in urban areas and along highways, with $1 billion of their own money and $7.5 billion of federal funding from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) p...
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