Cook County Allocates Funding for EV Charging
"Four-year initiative will bring up to 75 charging stations to underserved communities"
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"Four-year initiative will bring up to 75 charging stations to underserved communities"
Aside from existing infrastructure such as garages and parking lots, it can be a difficult choice on how many EV charging stations to install and where to place them. For municipalities, it becomes even more unclear as retail, hotels, and restaurants also begin adding stations leaving most cities "looking to public property, like libraries, rest stops, or parks, to install stations because of anticipated regular traffic."
"Ford Motor Co. released strict new rules for U.S. dealers looking to sell its electric vehicles, including requiring no-haggle prices and upfront investment in chargers, in an effort to simplify a process that has long frustrated many buyers."
"INDIANAPOLIS – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved Indiana’s plan to use National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program funding to build a statewide electric vehicle charging network."
Updated Building Codes can be difficult to navigate and it is important to keep up with all the latest updates.
"In April 2019, the city council adopted an ordinance creating the 2019 Chicago Construction Codes. Unlike the pre-2019 Chicago Building Code, the Chicago Construction Codes are aligned with the widely adopted model building codes (I-Codes) published by the International Code Council, resulting in some significant changes in terminology."