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A recent op-ed floating around New Mexico newspapers argues against a looming state mandate to install EV charging at new property developments. Office complexes, shopping centers, and especially apartments are the target. The problem? The expense.
The writer, a representative of a statewide conservative business group, argues that having EV charging, complete with an operating station, at 5% of spaces and having a further 15% be EV-ready, adds up to millions of dollars for new developments. This cost, in turn, ends up being borne by everybody paying for space in the developments instead of just EV owners. He goes on to call this mandate a “regressive tax” among other things.
Rather than regurgitate talking points about EVs, I want to instead point out something that he’s right about…
Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.