Planning a US EV road trip? Good luck finding a hotel with a charger

Planning a US EV road trip? Good luck finding a hotel with a charger
Andrew Scott, a 37-year-old attorney planning a family road trip this summer from Chicago to Traverse City, Michigan, said he was “a bit anxious” about where to stay. (Image: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
By Keith LaingThe journey is no longer the major pain point for electric car drivers embarking on the great American road trip. It’s the destination. For those who don’t already own an EV, rental car giants like Hertz offer plenty of options across the cost spectrum. And there are more than 63,000 places to plug in on the road scattered around the US and Canada, with more coming soon at major gas stations. But EV chargers are still largely absent from one crucial node on many a road trip: hotels and inns.A recent survey of...

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