China and the United States are both seeing high levels of private investment in electric vehicles, but is public infrastructure development keeping pace?
The electric vehicle and battery industry has become a key battleground in the strategic competition between China and the United States. In the U.S. alone, that has translated into an investment boom: Since 2021, private companies have announced $137 billion worth of investment into the sector, according to data recently published by the White House.
Getting the tech right is one thing, however: also vital to the future of EVs is putting the infrastructure in place, such as charging st
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