The RV Industry Association has partnered with global engineering firm Black and Veatch to release a report and financial analysis that makes the case for federal funding to be used to install pull-through electric vehicle charging stations to meet the needs of RVers today and well into the future.
The RVIA Government Affairs team launched lobbying efforts to ensure charging infrastructure accounts for RVs last year after the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law. The law allocates $5 billion for the states to install DC fast charging to fill in charging gaps and $2.5 billion for cities, counties, local governments and Tribes to deploy community charging hubs in urban and rural communities as well as fill in remaining gaps. The association’s government affairs team is working to ensure these funds will be used to create more pull-through sites suitable for RVers.
“Our team has been working to ensure that RVs are not left behind during the transition to electric vehicles,” said Jason Rano, vice president of government affairs. “This report outlines the importance of establishing more RV-accessible pull-through charging stations for consumers. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deploy EV charging nationwide and the need already exists with RVers already pulling their RVs with electric vehicles.”
The report lays out the current electric vehicle landscape, the consumer’s need for pull-through charging and the importance of designing for pull-through charging. The document concludes that the momentum in electric vehicle sales and adoption across the United States can only be sustained if the entire electric vehicle consumer population can access convenient, safe charging infrastructure along interstates, highway corridors and near popular destinations, including in rural communities that RVers frequent.
The full text of the report in PDF form is available here.
