The Electric Highway Coalition, which consists of six major U.S. utilities, is planning to unlock barriers for electric vehicles (EV) to travel across the United States by rolling out a network of DC fast chargers.
The coalition, which is made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corp., Southern Co. and the Tennessee Valley Authority, aims to ensure EV drivers have access to a network of charging stations connecting major highways in the South, Midwest, Gulf and Central Plains regions of the United States.
The companies are each taking steps to provide EV fast-charging options within their service territories to facilitate interstate travel.
“The path to cleaner transportation is a robust charging infrastructure along the nation's major highways,” said Lang Reynolds, director of electrification strategy at Duke Energy. “Range anxiety is a barrier to more EV adoption. This coalition can erase those obstacles and help deliver
