{"id":28056,"date":"2023-10-27T17:46:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T17:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/27\/bidens-electric-vehicle-charging-network-should-use-open-source\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:04:26","slug":"bidens-electric-vehicle-charging-network-should-use-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/opinions\/2023\/10\/27\/bidens-electric-vehicle-charging-network-should-use-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s electric vehicle charging network should use open source"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how long the U.S. has to make half of vehicle sales electric if it wants to stay on course to meet net-zero emissions by 2050<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a steep hill to climb given that electric vehicles made up just 8%<\/a> of U.S. car sales in last year. Although government mandates and federal funding are in place to support this growth, consumers are still wary. A main reason? Drivers are worried that limited and unreliable chargers will leave them stranded \u2014 and justifiably so. Even in regions that lead the nation in use of electric vehicles, more than 25%<\/a> of fast chargers don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration knows charging is a major barrier to entry, which is why it\u2019s spending $7.5 billion to build out America\u2019s EV charging network, coupled with $2.5 billion in grants from the Federal Highway Administration. This money will help scale the number of public chargers to 1.2 million<\/a> to make powering an EV as accessible and reliable as filling up at a gas station. But unlike a gas pump, EV chargers require sophisticated back-end software to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\t