The story talks about Dearborn which is adjacent to Detroit but not part of the city. However as Detroit underwent its well publicized bankruptcy fifteen years ago one of the benefits was turning back on the city's streetlights. The entire system was updated at that time and one of the benefits cited was they were spending the extra money so that they could easily add EV charging. To my knowledge it was never implemented, even on a trial basis.

Instead the governor spent millions repaving a short stretch of road that could recharge EV's. But most EV's couldn't make use of it and its such a short stretch of road you couldn't easily get any meaningful recharge.

What a shame that America is now so backward when it comes to EV tech. Considering the stellar start with pre-Nazi Tesla. London's had streetlight charging for years. Expensive now, mind you, ever since the majority of them were taken over by the oil barons. :)