Buttigieg: Industry ‘Moving Towards EVs’ But We Can’t Let ‘Economically Smart Play’ ‘Happen on Its Own Pace’

Breitbart ^ | 04/03/2024 | IAN HANCHETT

[ChicagoConservative27]

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated that “the automotive sector is moving towards EVs” and China pushed for an advantage in the EV market “because that’s the economically smart play” but “we can’t just sit back and let this happen on its own pace” because there’s a competition between the U.S. and China.

Co-host John Roberts asked, “Tesla sales fell 8.5% the first quarter of this year, Ford, this week, is laying off two-thirds of its workforce at the F-150 electric Lightning plant, it’s also scaling back a battery production facility because of sagging sales. EV sales are nowhere near what this president wanted or expected. Yet, the administration continues to shove them down consumers’ throats. Why?”

[EVO X]

I used to see Tesla Model 3s and other EVs fairly regularly. Now I rarely see one.

Maybe they were leased and they disappeared when the lease expired..

[Dutch Boy]

Could be. I remember the BMW Z3 leases. It was a very popular car then it sort of dried up after about 3 years. At the time the used leased cars were selling for about $17K.

[EVO X]

At some point in the last couple of years Tesla wasn’t allowing leased M3s to be bought when the lease ran out..