Governor touts EV charging port in Joliet, state partnership with ComEd – Center Square

Gov. JB Pritzker said the state has distributed more than $69 million under CEJA since June of last year to support EV chargers across the state. “There will soon be a charging station along every highway every 50 miles in Illinois. That’s just the start,” the governor promised.
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Ex Illini
1 year ago

Pritzker is going to be swimming upstream like a dying salmon on the EV front pretty soon. The federal incentives are about to go bye bye, and manufacturers are abandoning EVs like the plague. JB will never hit his target of one million EVs in Illinois by 2030. It’s another gigantic L for the would be King. Get used to it.

Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago

As Joliet goes, look for the crowd that ran around sawing pieces off of historic statues for copper to scrap strip the chargers of precious metals unless JPD is babysitting them night and day.

Bear19
1 year ago

Joliet = no pushback for jb
Joliet= $$$$ for the pritzger group who builds warehouses
Joliet = trucks and trains
Joliet =lost cause

Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago
Reply to  Bear19

Bridges crossing the Des Plains River breaking down regularly and being down for months at a pop also an amenity for the City of Champions.

Freddy
1 year ago

I see people charging their Tesla’s at my local Woodman’s grocery store when I pull into the lot. I go in to shop maybe 20-30 minutes at most and the same cars are still there. Sometimes I go back to get something I forgot and the same cars are still there. How long does it take to charge plus how much time is lost by them just waiting? Also in a local gas station I clean my windows and maybe check my oil while filling up. The tank is full before I finish. So the EV owners must go to… Read more »

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