A new taskforce to help shape federal policy and guidance for states on electric vehicle charging networks was touted by DOT and DOE leaders as they promoted President Joe Biden’s clean energy plans.

The new Joint Office of Energy and Transportation has helped 44 states in the past two months with technical assistance as part of the White House’s $7.5 billion deployment to build a national electric vehicle charging network.

As electric vehicle sales take off, the number of them on the road is growing faster than the number of public charging points to support them.

Shares of Volta Inc. plunged to all-time lows after the electric vehicle charging company announced the abrupt departures of two of its top executives, both of them founders of the firm.

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — A wave of new electric vehicle charging stations across the country is coming as interest in alternatives to gasoline-powered vehicles is on the rise, though most of the plans were in the works before recent gasoline price spikes.

In public comments, nearly 500 trade groups and individuals shared with federal regulators ideas and concerns about how to proceed with the Biden administration’s plan to oversee the build-out of 500,000 electronic vehicle charging stations by the end of the decade.

Transportation policymakers are reviewing the reliability of electric vehicles across the agriculture industry and rural commerce.

Electric vehicle makers are beginning to recognize that charging is so critical to their mission of selling vehicles that they can’t afford not to get involved in building and operating charging networks.