When Charyl Reardon needs to charge her electric vehicle quickly, she has to leave her home in New Hampshireβs White Mountains region and drive 65 miles south on the interstate highway until she reaches the capital city of Concord.
For those like Reardon, a resident of the Lincoln Woodstock community in northern New Hampshire, this kind of routine is not uncommon. Public charging stations for electric vehicles, or EVs, are scarce in rural parts of the state. Compared to the rest of New England, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, the Granite State has lagged in its rollout of public EV infrastructure.
βTheyβre kind of sprinkled along parts around the White Mountains,β said Reardon. βYou donβt often see fast chargers by any means.β
Some businesses and municipalities in the state are looking to ramp up the construction of public EV charging stations to meet growing demand. But a recent move by President Donald Trumpβs administration could make doing so more d... Read more
