Electric vehicles and charging dead zones in California: Why owning an EV isn't easy for everyone
California hopes to accelerate its push toward 100% zero-emission new car sales by 2035. But some people who want to do their part to lessen the carbon footprint are having to install impractical, makeshift charging stations. The charging station Rebecca Lucky of Santa Clara County constructed to charge her 2019 Nissan Leaf is not like charging stations you may have seen in parking lots or garages. "I basically had an extension cord going from my balcony to the car on the public street," she said. Lucky went to great lengths every night to charge her EV.
