Gov. Brian Kemp is on a mission to make Georgia the undisputed electric vehicle capital of the nation.
The Republican governor’s ambitious plan doesn’t seem too far-fetched after the significant strides made by the state on the economic development front in the last two years, which includes four multibillion-dollar investments into building electric vehicles and the batteries that keep them running.
A growing industry has also presented a number of challenges to state legislators and agency leaders this year, including the steep costs involved in building up charging stations for electric vehicles, the high annual fee Georgia now charges to EV owners, and the continuing costs to repair and build roads with shrinking fuel tax revenue.
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