With more electric vehicles expected in Texas, two bills pave the road for fast-charging stations statewide

A Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck charges at a Phillips 66 electric fueling station in Houston on Friday. (Credit: Joseph Bui for The Texas Tribune)

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HOUSTON — On a recent weekday morning, an electric F-150 pickup truck charged at a Phillips 66 station on busy Westheimer Road. As customers were coming and going from the 24 gas pumps, the truck’s battery recharged in about an hour at a cost of 43 cents per kilowatt-hour — or $33.52 as it neared full.