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Buttigieg: Families who buy electric vehicles 'never have to worry about gas prices again'
The Hill ^ | November 29, 2021 | Maureen Breslin

Posted on 11/29/2021 9:49:01 AM PST by karpov

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stressed in a new interview that families who buy electric vehicles (EVs) "never have to worry about gas prices again."

While speaking on MSNBC's "The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart," Buttigieg noted that Democrats' proposed social spending package includes incentives to make it more affordable to buy an electric vehicle.

Buttigieg said that families would essentially have a "$12,500 discount" in transportation costs, adding that "families who own that vehicle will never have to worry about gas prices again."

"The people who stand to benefit most from owning an EV are often rural residents who have the most distances to drive, who burn the most gas, and underserved urban residents in areas where there are higher gas prices and lower income," Buttigieg said.

"They would gain the most by having that vehicle. These are the very residents who have not always been connected to electric vehicles that are viewed as kind of a luxury item," he added.

"If we can make the electric vehicle less expensive for everybody, more people can take advantage, and we'll be selling more American-made EVs, which means in time they'll become less expensive to make and to buy for everybody," Buttigieg said.

Buttigieg's comments come after the Department of Energy announced last week that it would release 50 million barrels of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to control rising gas prices.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: buttigieg; electriccars; ev; excessdemand; gasoline; indiana; inflation; maureenbreslin; petebuttigieg; thehill; theshill
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To: ifinnegan

Heshe’s brain is a no-brainer!


21 posted on 11/29/2021 9:55:33 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

You have to post the pics of African boys too. Digging up the materials with no safety or respiratory gear. Just so elitist Fs can have their toys


22 posted on 11/29/2021 9:55:42 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: karpov

BS. Show me a family that only owns EVs.

And, the price of oil affects the price of parts, and EVs use a lot of parts made from oil.


23 posted on 11/29/2021 9:55:45 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: karpov

Men who aren’t attracted to other men’s asses don’t have to worry about HIV.


24 posted on 11/29/2021 9:56:11 AM PST by Levy78
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To: karpov

The Hill = deep state gaslighting.

People with ICE vehicles never have, and never had to worry about electricity prices - nor whether the power could be kept on.

California, in particular, both seeks an EV mandate - but also has a poor record of keeping the lights on.


25 posted on 11/29/2021 9:56:11 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Magnum44

I got into an online dispute with a Gen Z’er who assures me that government services are “rights” because he gets them whether he ever pays taxes or not. Extremely self-assured and insulting in his arguments. If he is typical, the Communists are going to have a very easy time taking over.


26 posted on 11/29/2021 9:56:39 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Lithium is used to treat mental disorders so perhaps that explains their attraction to it.


27 posted on 11/29/2021 9:57:07 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The term “African boys” immediately gets Pete’s attention!


28 posted on 11/29/2021 9:57:09 AM PST by Levy78
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
One lithium mine...

Gold mine.

29 posted on 11/29/2021 9:57:45 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: karpov

So... it is possible that there are people this stupid. Wow.


30 posted on 11/29/2021 9:58:41 AM PST by Obadiah (Truth is treason in an empire of lies.)
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To: ifinnegan

“utter moron” doesn’t begin to describe him. He is living proof of the Peter Principle. Except he should have petered out before he became mayor of that podunk midwestern town.


31 posted on 11/29/2021 9:58:58 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
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To: karpov

He’s a good little apparatchik who is just making shit up.


32 posted on 11/29/2021 9:59:26 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: al baby
well he lubes up his ass and gets all hot oh nevermind

UH OH! Aren't lubes petroleum based?
33 posted on 11/29/2021 9:59:28 AM PST by Karma_Sherab
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To: ifinnegan

Biden voters: they live amongst us.


34 posted on 11/29/2021 9:59:31 AM PST by IWontSubmit
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To: diplomatic_immunity

“That would be thermodynamics..”

What about thermodynamics?


35 posted on 11/29/2021 9:59:32 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: coloradan

When the electricity goes off, you can go out and stay warm in your gas powered car.


36 posted on 11/29/2021 9:59:37 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: karpov
So, the electric recharges are free? Of course they aren't.

Charging times may vary due to several factors. What is your power source? How much power can your electric car handle? How can drivers charge their vehicles and get back on the road more quickly? Depending on an electric vehicle power source and battery capacity, drivers can charge their cars in as little as 30 minutes.

Unfortunately, that isn’t the standard. Most drivers will need about a couple of days (roughly 40 hours) to charge a fully depleted electric car battery if they use the standard three-prong plugs found in mobile devices, laptops, and the walls of most homes.

37 posted on 11/29/2021 9:59:55 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: karpov
Well, owning an EV means you do have to worry about natural gas prices. Why? Because lots of power plants burn natural gas to generate power -- especially after Obama forced a lot of coal plants to shut down (and be replaced by natural gas plants).

So every time Biden makes it harder to get natural gas from the ground it makes your electricity rates go up.

38 posted on 11/29/2021 10:00:14 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: karpov

I live in a very rural area and I resent anybody from a town of more than 1000 people telling me how to live.


39 posted on 11/29/2021 10:00:41 AM PST by crazyhorse691 (Who knew that an elected official is a demi-god waiting to happen?)
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To: karpov

Dude doesn’t even know that most oil isn’t even used to make gas... It is used to make millions of things everyone needs and uses...


40 posted on 11/29/2021 10:01:28 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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