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Charging Infrastructure Zooms Ahead Despite Trump Attacks

Retailers are still hustling to attract EV drivers and Tesla is building up for other brands.

A Tesla Supercharger in Scotts Valley, California.Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg

While buying an electric vehicle is about to get slightly more expensive for some Americans, charging one just got quite a bit easier.

Some 703 high-speed, public charging stations opened in the US in the second quarter, the second-largest such infrastructure boom on record, according to Department of Energy data. There are now about 11,400 places in the country to quickly top up a car battery, including dots on the most rural swathes of the map.