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For people living in California, New York, or some other area with a lot of EVs, what I’m going to say here may sound behind the times. And, honestly, you’re probably right. I live in a rural state with no urban areas. Even the largest city in the state only has a few square blocks of tall buildings. The town I grew up in doesn’t have a single traffic light. Even worse, poverty is rampant, and many people simply can’t afford even today’s more affordable EVs.
For this reason, New Mexico was among the last to get much EV charging. Tesla put in a few Superchargers along major highways first, and then Electrify America added a few more. Until late last year and early this year, vast swaths of the state had no EV fast charging, and there are still large areas today with both no…
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