Range anxiety? These electric vehicle chargers will come to you
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The US has about 50,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles, compared to an estimated 145,000 retail locations to purchase fuel for a gas-powered car. That's the prime source of the dreaded charging anxiety — the worry that you could run out of power in the middle of a trip.Not only are current and would-be EV drivers worried about whether they can find charging, they're also concerned charging infrastructure might not work. More than 20% of EV drivers in the US said they have pulled up to a charging station and been unable to charge their vehicle due to equipment malfunction, according to a study from J.D Power, a data analytics company. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. A slew of startups are attempting to solve this problem by developing mobile chargers, from ...