FRANKFORT, Ky. — Electric vehicles have built up enough momentum from job growth and investments to steer past any roadblocks from
“A lot of people have tried to fight the future, and none of them have ever won,” Beshear said. “The EV evolution or revolution is coming. The only question is how long will it take to get here.” GM CEO Mary Barra said at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday that May was the company’s best sales month ever for electric vehicles. Spokesman David Caldwell declined to give U.S. numbers, but said GM sold about 9,000 vehicles in North America last month. Previously the best month was around 7,000, he said.indicates that many Americans remain skeptical of electric vehicles. About 4 in 10 U.S.
In Kentucky, Beshear recently announced a third round of awards to private developers to build federally funded EV charging stations. In all, the state has approved 42 charging stations from 11 developers to provide "reliable and convenient places to charge vehicles that are located every 50 miles along our interstates and our parkways. This is just the start,” Beshear said at a recent news conference. That total doesn't include the charging stations others are building in the state.