President Joe Biden promised us that he was going to create a coast-to-coast network of electric vehicle chargers. That hasn't happened. You might remember back in September when Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm attempted to do a four-day electric car caravan from Charlotte, North Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee to show off how well the U.S. charging infrastructure is set up in the United States. She ended up stranded in Georgia when her caravan was unable to find enough plugs to charge itself.
Politico is reporting that even though Congress allocated $7.5 billion to make that nationwide charging network a reality, not a single charger has been installed under the program.
'Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero.' 'Two years later, the program has yet to install a single charger.' From @politico https://t.co/0PY4VNcjbO
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 5, 2023
Politico reports:
Consumer demand for electric vehicles is rising in the United States, necessitating six times as many chargers on its roads by the end of the decade, according to federal estimates. But not a single charger funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law has come online and odds are they will not be able to start powering Americans’ vehicles until at least 2024.
Getting chargers up and running across the country is essential to reaching President Joe Biden’s goal of having half the vehicles sold in the United States be electric by the end of the decade — a key cog of his climate agenda. Americans consistently say the lack of charging infrastructure is one of the top reasons they won’t buy an electric car.
Of course, the bad guys in this scenario are the Republicans, who are trying to choke off funding for the program.
Another governmental boondoggle at the expense of U.S. taxpayers money. How many more do we have to put up with?
— Eric Pistey (@shawnpisteySC) December 5, 2023
That's a success for this administration
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) December 5, 2023
Another slush fund
— Lady (@lovingit111) December 5, 2023
We're all supposed to be driving EVs by 2030, right?
Not to mention our electric grid stressed and crumbling even though we spent a trillion on an "infrastructure bill"
— SatoriVerdure (@SatoriVerdure) December 5, 2023
But, how much has the project spent? I bet it’s billions.
— SteveInTennessee (@stephen_deakins) December 5, 2023
Bidenomics.
— Brian Katz (@BSKatz) December 5, 2023
If they would have given the money to @elonmusk he would have built a ton by now.
— Michael (@michael_esq1) December 5, 2023
There were already billions in venture capital ready to invest in charging networks as takeup of EVs increased. So all this spending did was replace efficient, smart money w government graft and inefficiency
— Sam Stone (@SamThePol) December 5, 2023
"Portland's new charging stations means you'll be able to add around 25 miles of range to your EV in just one hour." One hour. EV's will never be popular.
— Damian Ranger (@DamianRanger1) December 5, 2023
Solyndra 🤷♂️
— Brevard Beach Bum (@BrevardBum) December 5, 2023
The American people are voting on this now. They refuse to buy those first generation electric cars. The technology isn't there yet, nor are the chargers.
— Desert Fox (@AZ_desertfox) December 5, 2023
We recently read that a school district in, we think, Michigan just rolled out its fleet of electric school buses — Vice President Kamala Harris must have cackled with delight.
Meanwhile, where's that coast-to-coast high-speed rail network Barack Obama promised us?
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