If things go as car companies and some environmental advocates envision, filling up the car with gas won’t be something most Americans do anymore in about 20 years. The task when the car runs low on fuel will be to charge its battery. Ameren Illinois Vice President of Policy and Energy Supply Jim Blessing says there’ll need to be more electric charging stations. He says they don’t necessarily need to be as prevalent as gas stations are now, but travelers should have charging corridors they know they can use.
Blessing says downstate Illinois needs a lot of help developing places where people can quickly charge electric vehicles on their way across the state. Ameren Illinois is supporting a plan the Illinois House Public Utilities Committee approved this week and is sending to the full House.