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Electric vehicles in Jax: ‘Be patient’; better infrastructure is coming

A Chevrolet Bolt and a Tesla Model X recharge at the Northeast Florida Transportation Planning Organization offices in Downtown Jacksonville.
Dan Scanlan
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WJCT News
A Chevrolet Bolt and a Tesla Model X recharge at the Northeast Florida Transportation Planning Organization offices in Downtown Jacksonville.

A growing number of people in the Jacksonville area are turning to electric vehicles, part of an explosion in ownership worldwide. But local EV-charging infrastructure hasn’t kept pace.

A study by iSeeCars in February ranked Jacksonville as the 25th most EV-friendly city, with one charger for every 2,664 residents, just above the national average rate.

Local experts expect federal funding will help change that in the coming years.

Read the rest of this story at Jacksonville Today, part of WJCT Public Media.

Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with almost 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast. You can reach Dan at dscanlan@wjct.org, (904) 607-2770 or on Twitter at @scanlan_dan.