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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently approved plans for all 50 American states to build charging stations for electric vehicles, or EVs, along the nation’s highways.
美國交通部最近批準了在全美50個州建設電動汽車充電站的計劃，將覆蓋全國的高速公路。
The network of charging stations is part of the government’s efforts to help more Americans move to zero-emission vehicles.
充電站網絡是美國政府幫助更多美國人轉向使用零排放汽車所付出的努力的一部分。
The approval means that $5 billion in federal money will be available over five years to build the stations.
批準該計劃意味著未來五年將投入50億美元的聯邦資金用于建設電動汽車充電站。
They will be placed about every 80 kilometers along the highways.
（美國）將在高速公路沿線每隔大約80公里修建一個電動汽車充電站。
The goal is to have about 500,000 charging stations across the nation.
目標是在全國修建大約50萬個電動汽車充電站。
And construction of the stations could begin by spring of 2023.
電動汽車充電站的建設可能會在2023年春天開始。
Under the Department of Transportation rules, states must first build fast-charging stations that could cost between $40,000 to $100,000.
根據美國交通部的規定，各州必須首先建造成本在4萬至10萬美元之間的快速充電站。
A vehicle can fully charge at these stations in about one hour.
在這些充電站，汽車可以在大約一個小時內充滿電。
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said, “America led the original automotive revolution in the last century,” and he said the plan will help make sure people in every part of the country will be able to use electric vehicles.
美國交通部長皮特·布蒂吉格說：“美國在上個世紀領導了最初的汽車革命。”他說，該計劃將有助于確保全國各地的人們都能使用電動汽車。
President Biden has set a goal that 50 percent of new U.S. car sales be electric by 2030.
美國總統拜登制定了一個目標，到2030年，電動汽車的銷量占全美新車銷量的50%。
The charging network is a big step to help Americans worry less about finding a place to charge their electric vehicles.
電動汽車充電站網絡是幫助美國人減少對電動汽車充電站不足的擔憂的一大步。
But it could be difficult for some states to deal with limited electricity grid capacity and shortages of materials to build the stations.
但對于一些州來說，要解決電網容量有限和建設充電站所需材料短缺的問題可能會很困難。
States like Texas, California and Florida say their electricity grid should be able to handle an increase of a million or more EVs.
得克薩斯州、加利福尼亞州和佛羅里達州等州表示，他們的電網應該能夠應對100萬輛或更多電動汽車所增加的充電需求。
Other states like New Jersey, Vermont and Mississippi are not so sure.
新澤西州、佛蒙特州和密西西比州等其他州就不那么確定了。
They also expressed concerns about whether they could set up charging stations that meet the American-made rules.
它們還表達了對能否修建符合美國規定的充電站的擔憂。
“It may delay implementation by several years,” New Jersey officials wrote.
新澤西州官員寫道：“這可能要推遲幾年實施這項計劃。”
Currently, many EV owners charge their vehicles at home, about 80 percent of the time, usually at single-family houses.
目前，許多電動汽車車主大約80%的時間在家中（通常是獨棟住宅）為汽車充電。
But that is likely to change with the new charging network.
但隨著新的充電站網絡的出現，這種情況可能會改變。
The new law also gives an extra $2.5 billion to rural areas and poorer communities to help build charging stations in those places.
新法律還向農村地區和貧困社區額外提供25億美元，以幫助這些地區建設充電站。
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