# Professor Sabrina Howell discusses China's infrastructure and movement towards electric cars

1 Faculty News September 14, 2017 ![Citylab logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/citylablogo_0.jpg?itok=m2XP-M92)>

Excerpt from [CityLab](https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/09/chinas-ban-on-gas-power-cars-still-wont-solve-its-charging-challenge/539388/) -- "Public charging stations in the U.S., by comparison, clock in at just 16,000. Still, 'I don’t think there are more than a couple dozen publicly available charging stations in any city,' [Sabrina Howell](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell), a New York University finance expert who focuses on China, tells CityLab in an email."

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