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‘Meet the EV Moment’: Advocates Hope Federal Infrastructure Money Will Spur Electric Vehicle Purchases

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Pennsylvania is slated to get billions of dollars from the new federal infrastructure bill. Some of the money is earmarked for building electric vehicle charging stations. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt reports advocates hope the measure will help people “meet the EV moment.”

Read the full story at: https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/11/25/advocates-hope-federal-infrastructure-money-will-spur-people-to-buy-evs/

(Original air-date: 12/3/21)

Rachel McDevitt is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF. Rachel joined WITF in 2017 as the host of All Things Considered. She previously reported for WITF’s Radio Pennsylvania Network, where her work earned the National Association of State Radio Network’s award for best feature two years in a row. The western Pennsylvania native started her journalism career with the CBS affiliate in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Rachel is a graduate of Temple University.