The new administration is challenging the industry—but a scrappy startup is finding ways to survive. A year ago, a small California-based EV charging startup was quickly expanding to other states. The company,

“The majority of Americans will read this and pick up that ‘Trump has killed EV charging,’” said Loren McDonald, a principal at the EV-charging data firm Paren. “For people that are on the fence on getting an EV, this means ‘I shouldn’t get one because I won’t be able to take that road trip.’”