Biden green lights funds for nationwide electric vehicle charging network.

[Joe Capitalist]

Electric vehicles represent a small portion of autos sold today, so not everyone wants electric.
To be successful:
1. Cost of vehicle must come down
2. Battery life needs to be extended
3. Charging stations must be fast and as available as your corner gas station
4. People who live in apartment buildings will not be able to charge their vehicles overnight

You're still living in the past, bro.

1. Cost of vehicle must come down - They ARE coming down which is why they have become so popular. Musk is talking about building a $25k EV (Model 2).

2. Battery life needs to be extended - You really need to do some research before you type.
How long do Tesla batteries last? between 300,000 to 500,000 miles
Tesla is the pioneer of technology and innovation with its battery longevity ranging between 300,000 to 500,000 miles. According to an Impact Report released by Tesla in 2019, Tesla Model S and X batteries retain over 80% of their range even after driving 200,000 miles.Jan 14, 2022

3. Charging stations must be fast and as available as your corner gas station - All gas stations have electricity. Doesn't cost much to install Super-Chargers. SHEETZ gas stations have already installed them. And most of the time, EV owners charge at home.

4. People who live in apartment buildings will not be able to charge their vehicles overnight - Why not? Apartments in my area have installed chargers in the parking lot. You really need to get out more. EVs are all over. They love them over in Europe. Check out how many car manufacturers are making EVs now.
Every year, more super-chargers are installed.
Every year, battery technology improves.
Every year, more EVs are on the road.
Don't bet against EVs. You'll lose.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Po folks in urban areas not only cant afford electric cars, they cannot afford CARS much less a place to garage them.

if you want to put chargers in the suburbs then it makes slightly more sense except owners will have to charge at home so they are rarely if ever needed and still useless on long car trips.

And it all boils down to increasing printing money (and the inflation that this brings) making po folks pay for something they will never use.

It does not promote the general welfare, ergo its unconstitutional.

Its as bad as po folks paying to put my middle class niece in Georgia through college with the money they piss away on the Ga Lottery. Now my brother was happy to not spend the money but the po folks in GA got screwed over badly on this.

Say what? That’s crazy talk. What the hell would this nation be like if what you’re stating were true? We’d still be stuck with 18th Century technology. It’s also incredibly anti-capitalist and anti-Democratic as there is an abundance of evidence on the value of EV’s, which is beyond the point. There is no way, shape or form that public investment in infrastructure is unconstitutional. That’s just plain silly talk.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

The point is that they are all companies involved in the hydrogen economy in one way or another. As of the end of 2021 there were less than 150 hydrogen gas stations in the US. The market is not deciding, now is it? Big government is queering the pitch by backing EVs instead. People are unlikely to buy hydrogen powered cars if there's nowhere to refuel, that's hardly rocket science. As for the cars both Toyota and Honda produce models, Japan is way ahead of the US in that respect.

Yes, the market is deciding with its dollars the public is spending. If alternative technologies are not convincing the market to buy their products then that is their fault and the market has decided,

No one is coercing anyone to buy EV’s.