Biden’s Climate Goals Challenged by Where to Make EV Chargers

The dueling pressures of rapidly deploying electric vehicle chargers around the country — while complying with federal Buy America rules — could threaten President Joe Biden’s climate agenda.

“The future of vehicles is electric,” Biden said last week, touting how $7.5 billion from last year’s infrastructure law will put electric-vehicle charging stations across the US. “Finding a place to charge up your vehicle is going to be as easy as pulling into a gas station.”

But the infrastructure law (Public Law 117-58) also requires funds to be spent on US-made products and materials in order to bolster domestic ...