This ad network helps you charge your electric car for free

Even as the number of electric cars increase on roads across the globe, public charging stations aren’t yet easy enough to find. Auto makers are trying to change that — BMW, Tesla and Volkswagen are working to expand their networks of charging points. Volta, a Honolulu-founded startup, is accelerating the growth of charging station infrastructure, by installing free charging outlets with ad displays. The company has over 100 free charging stations in five US cities. It just secured $7.5 million in funding to expand its network to 400 units across San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, and Honolulu. Volta’s…

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