Biden green lights funds for nationwide electric vehicle charging network.

Matt Dillon said:
That'd be $20 million richer Joe Biden!
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floriduhfan said:
Tesla produces 70% of all electric batteries, right here in the good old USA
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Is that so? Where do they source the materials from, cum gargler?

Tesla secures lithium supply contract from world’s largest producer

Tesla has secured a lithium supply contract with Ganfeng Lithium Co, the world’s largest producer of battery-grade lithium.

China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd and its unit GFL International Co Ltd announced in a filing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange today that they signed a three-year supply agreement with Tesla.

Ganfeng didn’t confirm the amount of lithium that they will supply to Tesla, but they said that the agreement starts in 2022.


https://electrek.co/2021/11/01/tesla-secures-lithium-supply-contract-ganfeng-lithium/
 
Joe Capitalist said:
God Bless President Biden

The gas car is dead. Long live the EV.

The fuel of the future is electric, according to Secretaries of Energy and Transportation, Jennifer Granholm and Pete Buttigieg, who say they want to make it easier to come by.

The Biden administration announced Thursday that a portion of $5 billion of federal funding, over five years, is available to states that have a plan to upgrade or create new electric vehicle charging stations.

It’s part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, signed late last year. Each state must apply in order to receive a portion of the funding.

“This is about making sure everybody can get in on the EV revolution, it’s already happening, but we have to make sure that it’s made in America; that everyone benefits from cities to rural areas,” said Secretary Buttigieg.

Eventually, the administration says they want to expand charging in rural and underserved areas, but this round is intended for infrastructure along interstate highways or alternative fuel corridors.

“We want people to not have range anxiety, then we focus on areas where we haven’t seen a big uptake in electric vehicles. Maybe they are in urban areas. It might be poor communities,” said Granholm.

Electric vehicles made up less than 3% of new auto sales last year. Though that number is expected to increase within the next decade, Granholm acknowledges one significant roadblock: the cost.

“This is exactly why the president has pushed, as part of the Build Back Better agenda to have tax credits for the purchase of electric vehicles, both new and used ones,” Granholm said.
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Just one question: where is the electricity to recharge all these electric cars going to come from? you could carpet the entire country with solar panels and wind farms and would still fall far short of the ability to recharge millions of electric vehicles every night. Its just not possible, stop the stupid dreaming and get real.
 
floridafan said:
Most likely, less, depending on battery size, weather, and other factors.
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There's been much misinformation from the far right media about charging times. Not sure why because it's one Google search away from finding the truth:

Here are the estimates of how long it takes to fully charge a tesla:

Level 1 (120 V): 20 to 40 hours (most home outlets)
Level 2 (240 V): 8 to 12 hours (Electrician installed - similar to a dryer outlet)
Level 3 (480 V): 15 to 25 minutes (Supercharger)

Most EV owners get a 240v outlet installed in their garage for about 1 grand. Plug it in at night and it's good to go in the morning.
I took a drive last Fall to my Alma Mater for a football game and on the way down, it took about 30 minutes to charge. On the way back, it took about 20 minutes.

No biggie.

Why does the far right even bother with their attacks on EVs. Most Americans know the facts because many Americans already own EVs and the word gets around. My bro-in-law came over to see my Tesla Model Y and asked me all kinds of questions about charging and range. I filled him in on everything and he's going to believe me over far right bullshit. The EVs are here to stay. What Biden is doing will only help the EVs grow in popularity. The far right is wasting their time with all this misinformation. They're going to be left in the dust with their 100 year old gas technology.

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redfish said:
Just one question: where is the electricity to recharge all these electric cars going to come from? you could carpet the entire country with solar panels and wind farms and would still fall far short of the ability to recharge millions of electric vehicles every night. Its just not possible, stop the stupid dreaming and get real.
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That's kind of how these things work. The ball gets rolling, and development and innovation take over. There are things that are going to happen that no one can even imagine yet.

Computers used to fill an entire room, and most said there would never be a personal or practical everyday application for them.
 
Joe Stalinist said:
Here are the estimates of how long it takes to fully charge a tesla:

Level 1 (120 V):20 to 40 hours (most home outlets)
Level 2 (240 V): 8 to 12 hours[/COLOR] (Electrician installed - similar to a dryer outlet)
Level 3 (480 V): 15 to 25 minutes[/COLOR] (Supercharger)
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You've been asked repeatedly what type of chargers bungling Biden plans to install nationwide at public expense, and apparently you either don't know, or you do know and you're aware that it will destroy your argument.

I'm not waiting hours to get an EV recharged. I won't even wait 15 or 25 minutes.
 
Primavera said:
It's clear that you've have precious little knowledge of electrical grids and infrastructure. Who is going to pay the trillions and trillions of dollars needed to upgrade to smart grids? Of course you don't know, which is not in the least surprising.
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See my last response.

You base everything on where things are at in the moment.
 
Barfly said:
That's kind of how these things work. The ball gets rolling, and development and innovation take over. There are things that are going to happen that no one can even imagine yet. Computers used to fill an entire room, and most said there would never be a personal or practical everyday application for them.
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I don't recall the federal government forcing consumers to buy computers before there was an Internet to connect them to.

Do you?
 
Barfly said:
See my last response. You base everything on where things are at in the moment.
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Who is going to pay the trillions and trillions of dollars needed to upgrade to smart grids? Of course you don't know, which is not in the least surprising.
 
BartenderElite said:
That's kind of how these things work. The ball gets rolling, and development and innovation take over. There are things that are going to happen that no one can even imagine yet.

Computers used to fill an entire room, and most said there would never be a personal or practical everyday application for them.
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Nobody charges their EV every night. I only charge mine every 10-12 days. Most EVs get 200-300 mile range. How many drivers drive that distance a day? Probably less than five percent. And most EV owners charge their cars at night when the demand on the grid is much less. And eventually, we won't need gas stations so all of them will go away and won't be using energy to pump gas.

The far right wants to stop the EV craze so bad but they can't and it's freaking them out. I wonder why?

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