[1/2] A electric vehicle charger is seen as a vehicle charges in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 7, 2021.
REUTERS/Andrew KellyFeb 27 (Reuters) - Armed with billions of dollars, the Biden administration is embarking on the biggest transformation of the U.S. consumer driving landscape in generations, hoping to blanket the nation's highways with electric vehicle chargers.
The federally-funded chargers must be placed within a mile of state-designated electric vehicle corridors.
Ready and pending electric vehicle corridors — designations that determine if a highway has a sufficient number of charging stations for EV travel.
The state received 167 site proposals from 30 different teams, officials told Reuters.