Biden Officials Propose EV Charger Rule, Create EV Advisory Panel

The Biden administration is following through with planned steps to spur broader adoption of electric vehicles (EV), releasing a proposed rule with minimum standards for chargers funded by last year’s infrastructure law, while announcing a federal advisory panel that will recommend steps for further EV deployment, as also required by that law. The proposed regulation from the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) responds to the infrastructure statute’s requirement that DOT float, within 180 days of enactment, minimum...