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Driving an electric vehicle on a road trip can be challenging enough in the United States. Would it be even possible in a country like Costa Rica? I decided to find out.
Costa Rica has done more than most countries to promote electric vehicles, including passing a law in 2018 that required electric utilities to install fast chargers every 50 miles on national highways. That and tax breaks have made Costa Rica a pioneer in electric vehicles. Now, almost one in five new cars sold in the country is electric, a phenomenon I had come to report on.
The utilities typically installed only one charger at each location. Often the chargers don’t work, according to reviews on apps like PlugShare.
Costa Rica is one of the most prosperous and stable countries in Latin America, but in rural areas many roads are still unpaved. Some areas, including the one I visited, didn’t get electricity until the 1980s.

</snip> continued in linked NUTimes gift article ….