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(Cough cough NJ)
Makes sense to start any project in CA though
I might disagree with that, Bob. California is, certainly relative to many other states, sold on EVs. Such is not the case in many other areas. Here in NY I often hear people say there just aren’t enough chargers to make them switch from ICE. So there’s that.
Right but if you can’t make it work in CA, I’d argue there chances are slim in other areas
But what about Sinatra, ‘If you can make it here you can make it anywhere’? Don't make me sing, you don’t want that, trust me.
You’re not wrong, but it’s much easier to deploy in CA as the state is so much friendlier to it, and there is ample revenue waiting here. CA tends to be the guinea pigs for new charging infrastructure (sometimes elsewhere, but often CA) for that reason, and then they expand out of CA into other states.
I feel like I'm missing something here, but wouldn't that ordinarily be worse in a company's view?
Not if they want to get one thing approved and then not have to worry about it anywhere else.
No, because if you know you’re going to build chargers anyway, once you’ve satisfied CA’s requirements you’ve basically satisfied everyone’s.
