As electric vehicle sales rise, Chicago still building out infrastructure for charging stations

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'We're still at the infancy stages of that. So it's very difficult for somebody to travel around the Chicagoland area and still stay connected to their car,' said Gene Kent, director of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers trade school in Chicago.

Trying to navigate the path of buying an electric or hybrid vehicle can be tricky. Most recently, producers of the Chicago Auto Show helped answer many curious customer questions at Chicago Drives Electric in Oakbrook Terrace over the weekend.Going electric might be good for the environment, but how feasible is it in the city?

"We're still at the infancy stages of that. So it's very difficult for somebody to travel around the Chicagoland area and still stay connected to their car," Kent said. But not everyone has their own garage, so people who rent or live in a condo,"are definitely nervous about the availability of charging," said Kelley Enright, spokeswoman for Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep.

 

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