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Where Are Those 500,000 EV Chargers Biden Promised? Turns Out They've Been Delayed by… DEI Requirements.
Red State ^ | 06/14/2024 | Bob Hoge

Posted on 06/14/2024 9:00:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

President Biden has repeatedly told the American public he's going to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations by 2030—and he even signed the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, which allocated a whopping $7.5 billion toward the effort. (And people ask, why is inflation so high?)

However, like many of Joe’s initiatives, it isn't working out so well.


Buttigieg Flails Trying to Explain Why Only 8 EV Charging Stations Have Been Built by Biden Admin


Transportation Secretary “Mayor Pete” had a variety of excuses, telling CBS' "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan in late May that, “Now, in order to do a charger, it's more than just plugging a small device into the ground." Thanks for the primer, Pete. He continued: "There's utility work, and this is also really a new category of federal investment.” Whatever that means.

But a report Wednesday from the Washington Beacon claims there’s another culprit to blame for the embarrassing delays—the government’s insistence on injecting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into the project.

...internal memos from the Department of Transportation obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, as well as interviews with those who are responsible for overseeing the implementation of the electric vehicle charging station project, say the delay is in large part a result of the White House’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

"These requirements are screwing everything up," said one senior Department of Transportation staffer who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "It’s all a mess."

Did you ever wonder why Biden has spent BILLIONS of dollars on only 7 electric car charging stations ? It’s because of woke DEI that has surged the cost, slowed production finding people that can actually do it & making sure Illegals immigrants included. pic.twitter.com/KJeSgQdOtu— 🇺🇸 God Bless America 🇺🇸 (@RoyLovesAmerica) June 14, 2024

Although Biden has reportedly expressed frustration with the pace of the charger installation, he only has himself to blame.

Shortly after taking office, the president signed an executive order mandating that the beneficiaries of 40 percent of all federal climate and environmental programs should come from "underserved communities." The order also established the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, which monitors agencies such as the Department of Transportation to ensure the "voices, perspectives, and lived realities of communities with environmental justice concerns are heard in the White House and reflected in federal policies, investments, and decisions."

Serving underserved communities—sounds like a noble goal. However, it's how that manifests itself in practice that is so often the rub. Manufacturers, construction companies, and installers have to jump through a whole bunch of hoops to get the job.

This is government idiocy personified:

In order to qualify for a grant, applicants must "demonstrate how meaningful public involvement, inclusive of disadvantaged communities, will occur throughout a project’s life cycle." What "public involvement" means is unclear. But the Department of Transportation notes it should involve "intentional outreach to underserved communities."

That outreach, the Department of Transportation states, can take the form of "games and contests," "visual preference surveys," or "neighborhood block parties" so long as the grant recipient provides "multilingual staff or interpreters to interact with community members who use languages other than English." [Bolding mine.]

"This all just slows down construction," says Jim Meigs, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute who focuses on federal regulation....

Instead of asking people how well and how quickly they can install EV charging stations, they're asking them to hold games and contests and block parties. What that has to do with getting the darn things built is beyond me, but you can see some companies would want nothing to do with the effort: "...all applicants for federal funding must in many cases submit reports that can total hundreds of pages about how they will pursue 'equity' every step along the way," the Beacon reports. Seriously, this is how you get things done in Bideworld?!

The only good thing that's come out of this so far is that we get to watch one leftist agenda fight it out with another leftist agenda. That's always fun to watch, at least.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: buttgiggity; buttigieg; chargers; dei; delay; ev; evchargers; nochargers; nochargersforyou; onourdime

1 posted on 06/14/2024 9:00:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

What does a Biden DEI charging station look like? Do you have to praise the DEI gods to get your electricity?


2 posted on 06/14/2024 9:02:01 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Build the Wall, Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Shortly after taking office, the president signed an executive order mandating that the beneficiaries of 40 percent of all federal climate and environmental programs should come from "underserved communities."

Typical of the Biden admin. They misspelled undeserved.

3 posted on 06/14/2024 9:09:06 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“In order to qualify for a grant, applicants must “demonstrate how meaningful public involvement, inclusive of disadvantaged communities, will occur throughout a project’s life cycle.” What “public involvement” means is unclear.”

One way that “public involvement” occurs is when the ‘public’ removes the charging cords from chargers in DEI neighborhoods.


4 posted on 06/14/2024 9:13:12 PM PDT by BobL
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To: SeekAndFind

Yhe clueless Transportation Secretary will always be known as “Mayor Pete” to most Americans. That is the title which fits him the best. He has reminded us what the term
“Peter Principal” originally meant. Someone should rise up to his own level of competence, and no higher than that.


5 posted on 06/14/2024 9:21:47 PM PDT by lee martell
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i suspect that there was no alleged left-versus-left fighting, and that most of the money was paid to the DEI complex, as originally intended (or at least originally allowed for) all along.


6 posted on 06/14/2024 10:06:04 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: SeekAndFind

$8 billion and only 7 EV recharge stations built? Typical DC government scheme to loot the people’s purse. The federal government never built one public gas station, that was the petroleum company’s responsibility so why is the federal government involved in EV charging stations? To create large pools of public money in order to loot it. End of story!


7 posted on 06/14/2024 10:09:45 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: BobL

What “public involvement” means is unclear.
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I would say homosexual/trannie murals and flags all over, drag queen programs for children, perversion promotion in the library, a neighborhood Planned Parenthood clinic, homeless encampments, active BLM/antifa chapters hosting lots of “peaceful demonstrations,” a full calendar of woke holidays with lots of pride parades, illegals—oops I mean newcomers—everywhere, Democrat leaders in incompetent and corrupt government, groomers in schools, drug addiction and open dealing everywhere, clean needle shooting galleries, free crack pipes, ESG businesses, hoplophobic citizens, climate worshipers, apostate churches, God publicly banned, free-Palestine demonstrations, wilding youth, lawlessness and widespread crime and disease...all taxpayer funded of course. A good start to demonstrate the desired public involvement.


8 posted on 06/14/2024 11:04:00 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Where Are Those 500,000 EV Chargers Biden Promised? Turns Out They've Been Delayed by… DEI Requirements."

DEI - Destroy Energy Infrastructure.
9 posted on 06/14/2024 11:18:18 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a nightmare!


10 posted on 06/14/2024 11:22:27 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: SeekAndFind

The new chargers are very progressive. Each charger has two nozzles. You insert the first nozzle into the car, then you insert the other nozzle into...


11 posted on 06/14/2024 11:24:59 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: SeekAndFind

they’re at the same place all those stolen catalytic converters are....


12 posted on 06/15/2024 12:04:53 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: SeekAndFind

If it wasn’t for all the filthy rich billionaires hoarding all their money, at least two more charging stations could be built by 2030.


13 posted on 06/15/2024 1:52:52 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: SteveH
i suspect that there was no alleged left-versus-left fighting, and that most of the money was paid to the DEI complex, as originally intended (or at least originally allowed for) all along.

My thoughts as well. Combined with the fact that EV’s and chargers should be driven by the free market instead of the government.

14 posted on 06/15/2024 2:51:36 AM PDT by Tell It Right (Galatians 6:14 -- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Total insanity.


15 posted on 06/15/2024 5:13:31 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: ViLaLuz

“What “public involvement” means is unclear“

Yep you must publicly mimic the demonrat deepstates political imperatives.


16 posted on 06/15/2024 5:32:01 AM PDT by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: SeekAndFind

a tesla branded set of charger batteries was put in at my outlet mall,, then they built a fence all around it , so you cant even see it, much less use it.

someone made money off something of no use to anyone.

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17 posted on 06/15/2024 6:16:45 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: SeekAndFind

We should not be holding Biden to this promise.


18 posted on 06/15/2024 7:25:41 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: SeekAndFind

The $$ are already diverted to DNC pockets.


19 posted on 06/15/2024 8:42:17 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: SeekAndFind

Just like the glorious Obama signs everywhere they were doing usual street maintenance. When that was going on the only sign in Honolulu was the federal court house. That stupid sign was up the entire term and it still isn’t finished.


20 posted on 06/15/2024 9:03:19 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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