[karpov]

Just 7% of U.S. adults say they currently own an electric or hybrid vehicle, but Mayor Pete knows what is best for us. 61% of electricity is generated by fossil fuels.

[Tell It Right]

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.

[crazyhorse691]

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

[piasa]

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...

[TornadoAlley3]

The electric bills disappear too?

[teeman8r]

never have to is a long, long, time.

gosh i hope Americans will see the dems for who they really are... moronic demonic and bubonic?

[wiseprince]

How do they power the charge stations. I better not ask these questions, don’t want to get on the FBI’s radar.

[Republican Wildcat]

People who have to regularly drive long distances would most benefit? The charge doesn’t last forever and takes much longer to restore than filling up the gas tank.

This is ridiculous and clueless.

It would not need to be so heavily subsidized if it were presently viable, either. Let the market sort that out...if it becomes viable (with faster charging the future), so be it...we are not there yet.

[know.your.why]

Look you f’ing poofter. If you want me to have a brand new EV then trade me straight across for my ‘02 Blazer and you can square up with the dealer. Plus I’m going to need that $12K when it comes time to replace the Li-Ion battery in 5 years. Actually....you’d eventually screw me for that too with higher taxes! Just please tell your boss/handlers to put the country right back where they found it on 11/6/21 and everything will be fine.

[JaguarXKE]

If Buttegg-egg had one more brain cell it would double his IQ.

[ThunderSleeps]

What a fool.

...families who own that vehicle will never have to worry about gas prices again...

I guess if you have the understanding of basic economics of a typical leftist you might buy into that. Yet the rest of us understand that fuel costs (and energy costs in general) drive much of the prices of everything not just gas/diesel. As gas/diesel prices go up, you can drive your EV to the store to pay more for groceries etc.

...underserved urban residents in areas where there are higher gas prices and lower income...

What exactly is he blathering about "underserved?" Oh, and I just checked, even with all the credits applied, the cheapest EVs (read that as smallest, least capable) to be had right now are about $20,000. Not sure how well they hold their value on the used market, or what condition you might find their battery packs after several years of use. But those same lower income families can pick up a good used car (eg. a 2010 Camry) for half the initial cost of the cheapest EV.

[Dr. Sivana]

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

They are also the most likely to make long haul trips that require fast refueling. There is a reason why people choose not to buy electric vehicles in rural areas, CERTAINLY not as a primary vehicle. I am not even against electric vehicles, but don't care for idiots telling me what I should want. The guy who manages to successfully sell something that people didn't know they wanted doesn't need subsidies and regulations to make it happen (e.g. Henry Ford, Steve Jobs).

[SmokingJoe]

Mayor Pete knows what is best for us. 61% of electricity is generated by fossil fuels.

Yup. Not to mention we don't generate anything close to enough electricity to charge our cars if they were all electric.

[dfwgator]

They will have to worry about those $1000 Electricity bills.

[bk1000]

I was recently wondering just how stupid this buttplug guy really is. Several recent articles have removed any doubt that he is entirely stupid.

[suthener]

Kamala/Buttgig 2024!

[Flint]

I guess he plans on replacing all the diesel powered mining equipment with machines with solar panels on the tops of them. And get that fleet of solar powered container ships to bring the batteries from China to the anchorage off the coast of California so they can sit there for a few months. Not to mention the solar powered container cranes and solar powered 18 wheeler rigs to move the batteries around the country.

And then there is all the solar powered electric generation plants that will shut down their coal and natural gas boilers.

[GailA]

Till the GRID CRASHES.

[FreeReign]

Butti believes in the Electricity Fairy.

Free electrical energy for everybody, whoopi!

[IYAS9YAS]

Yeah, as if electricity never gets more expensive. Effing moron.

[WMarshal]

If electricity is free why do I pay a bill every month?