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From Page 3 e Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted in 2021, called for $7.5 billion to fund a network of 500,000 public EV chargers across the nation by 2030. Michigan is in line to receive $110 million of that funding over ve years to build out its EV charging infrastructure.

DC chargers are the gold standard for juicing up EVs, taking 20 minutes to an hour to ll a battery up. Level 1 and Level 2 chargers take 4-10 hours to charge an EV.

“...We are creating a new generation of good-paying manufacturing jobs, making it possible for drivers everywhere to reap the bene ts and savings of these vehicles while helping us ght climate change,” Buttigieg said in prepared remarks.

“ ere’s nothing more Pure Michigan than accidentally driving into Canada, and now that journey will be electric on either side of the border,” Whitmer said in her remarks. “I am proud that we are working together to build up electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Michigan joined Wisconsin and Indiana to establish a 1,100-mile EV tour around Lake Michigan. It is also working to install 30 public chargers at state parks, with plans to nish 15 by the end of the year. A pair of Level 2 chargers has so far been installed, at Bay City State Park and Holland State Park, with a DC fast charger coming soon to Belle Isle, according to the state.

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