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Status quo solves Recovery Act financed 10,000 new charging sites
Kelly, 10 Assistant Secretary DOE, Ph.D in Physics Harvard University, (Henry, February 23, Hearing Before a Subcommittee on the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Opportunities and Challenges Presented in Increasing the Number of Electric Vehicles in the Light Duty Automotive Sector, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111shrg56643/pdf/CHRG-111shrg56643.pdf, p. 14)

In addition to building U.S. manufacturing capacity, Recovery Act funds support the installation of over 10,000 charging sites for PHEVs and EVs that will serve
more than 5,000 PHEVs being tested in on-road use. This is the largest number of PHEVs ever on U.S. roads, and the in-use, operational, and charging data gathered in this effort will help inform how additional PHEVs and EVs can be introduced in the future. The Recovery Act is also funding the first programs to educate first responders and emergency personnel in how to deal with accidents involving EVs and PHEVs.

Status quo solves no market failure investments in charging infrastructure will be forthcoming
Lee and Lovellette 11 - Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Faculty Co-Chair of the Center's Energy Technology Innovation Policy project, and a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University (Henry and Grant, Will Electric Cars Transform the U.S. Vehicle Market, July 2011. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Lee%20Lovellette%20Electric %20Vehicles%20DP%202011%20web.pdf)//DHirsch
Electric cars are fueled wholly or partly by electricity, which presumes access to a reliable source of power.

Equipment for connecting an EV to a source of electricity is required, at home and/or outside the home. Proponents are concerned that adequate electric distribution and transmission infrastructure might not exist when and where it is needed. This concern goes to the heart of the debate in Congress over the question of whether to subsidize installation of public charging stations in five to fifteen EV deployment communities.30 Our initial conclusion is that a market failure justifying a strong federal presence is not evident. While there are regional differences in the adequacy of the existing electric distribution, transmission, and generating systems, there is no evidence to conclude that investments will not be forthcoming from private companies to meet those needs, if and when they manifest themselves.