Akshat Jiwan Sharma

28 Jan 2026 I thank the society of automotive engineers for organising a 2 day power packed conference on current status and the future of  EV charging in North America.  As many of the presenters noted, EV charging is now being viewed as an infrastructure problem, not a niche technology that needs to be proven. The focus is on scaling charging ubiquity, grid-integrated vehicles and commercial viability.  Some hard problems like megawatt-scale thermal limits, urban curbside access, and standards interoperability still need to be solved but it's almost certain that they will be in due time. If we look at the history of US innovation it's clear that the country has become very good at building new technological infrastructure. Credit cards ,ATMs,internet and many more examples prove this point.  It was quite clear after listening to the speakers that US policy makers are going to go all in on EV technology. Critics often point out some notable blind spots in the  ...