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Mike Simpson: “One of the challenges you have is that in Idaho I might drive 500, 600, 700 miles a day. I don't have 4 hours to charge…”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
One of the challenges you have is that in Idaho I might drive 500, 600, 700 miles a day. I don't have 4 hours to charge a battery halfway there or a third of the way there two or three times.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson discusses the practical challenges of electric vehicle charging in Idaho.

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