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• Grocery stores and shopping centers might have a few, but charging takes time and the spaces may be taken or inconvenient.
• Several states and cities, aiming to expand EV use, are now trying to lift that barrier to ownership with “right to charge” laws.
• Colorado, Florida, New York and other states have passed similar laws in recent years.

Electric cars can benefit urban dwellers

• Transitioning away from fossil-fueled vehicles to electric vehicles has benefits for the environment and the health of urban residents.
• It reduces tailpipe emissions, which can cause respiratory problems and warm the climate; it mitigates noise; and it improves urban air quality and quality of life.
• Nationwide, about 50% to 80% of all battery electric car charging sessions take place at home.
• Installing chargers can involve numerous stakeholders who can impede the process – lot owners, tenants, homeowners associations, property managers, electric utilities and local governments.

Right-to-charge laws aims for ubiquitous home charging

• Right-to-charge laws aim to streamline home charging access as new buildings go up.
• Illinois’ new Electric Vehicle Charging Act requires that 100% of parking spaces at new homes and multiunit dwellings be ready for electric car charging, with a conduit and reserved capacity to easily install charging infrastructure.
• California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Virginia also have right-to-charge laws designed to make residential community charging deployment easier, as do several U.S. cities including Seattle and Washington, D.C.

Sharing chargers can reduce the cost

• There are several steps communities can take to increase access to chargers and reduce the cost to residents.
• By sharing chargers, residential communities can reduce the costs associated with charger installation and use.
• A larger charging hub with eight level 2 chargers in the same city avoids the delay but increases the cost of charging to 21 cents per kWh because of upfront cost of purchasing and installing the chargers.
• To put that into context, the average electricity cost for Chicago residents is 16 cents per kWh.

• Volta Inc. (NYSE: VLTA) ("Volta"), an industry-leading electric vehicle ("EV") charging and media company, today announced a collaboration with Tucson Electric Power ("TEP"), an electric utility serving more than 438,000 customers in Southern Arizona, to install critical public EV charging infrastructure in and around disadvantaged communities in the Tucson area.
• Volta will install eight EV charging stalls at high-traffic locations, such as grocery stores and entertainment venues, to ensure these communities have convenient and affordable charging options.
• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221006005408/en/
  Volta Partners With Tucson Electric Power to Improve EV Charging Equity by Installing Chargers Within Disadvantaged Communities (Photo: Business Wire)
  This collaboration with TEP is an extension of Volta's Charging For All initiative, through which Volta seeks to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and easy-to-use public charging.
• "By partnering with TEP, Volta is bringing critical EV charging infrastructure to disadvantaged communities in Tucson.

• SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The global faucet market is expected to reach USD 36.7 billion by 2030 and expand at a CAGR of 7.4% from 2022 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc.
• The faucet market is gaining high popularity due to growth in the real estate industry eventually increasing the construction of residential and commercial buildings that require faucet installations.
• Asia Pacific is anticipated to experience a high pull-out and pull-down kitchen faucet market due to increasing population.
• Grand View Research has segmented the global faucet market on the basis of type, product, end user, distribution channel, and region:
  Faucet Market End-user Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2030)
  Faucet Market - Product Outlook(Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2030)

• SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kiavi , a leading provider of financing to real estate investors (REIs) has been named to Inc. magazine's 2022 Best Workplaces list.
• "We are thrilled to receive this recognition and honored to be on this list as it resulted directly from the feedback from our team.
• Our transparent culture promotes diversity of thought while holding ourselves accountable to do the best by the customer," said Michael Bourque, CEO of Kiavi.
• Kiavi is a remote-first organization with offices in San Francisco and Pittsburgh allowing for in-person interactions when needed.