Posted on 07/10/2024 5:31:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The word charade has several meanings, and including an act or event that is clearly false (Cambridge Dictionary), something done just for show (Vocabulary.com), or a situation in which people pretend that something is true when it clearly is not (Oxford Leaner’s Dictionary).
The charade I refers to is President Biden’s $7.5 billion dollar investment to install 500,000 electric charging stations along America’s highways by 2030. A reliable and convenient public EV charging infrastructure is critical to achieve the President’s goal of meeting the recent EPA CO2 emission regulation that require nearly 72% of U.S. new light vehicle sales to be fully electric or plug-in hybrid by 2032. Without diving deeper into the announcement, one would likely assume that $7.5 billion is sufficient to construct the 500,000 charging stations, one every 50 miles along the nation’s highways.
To identify the charade, one must first, look at the math:
500,000 charging stations, each with a minimum of four chargers, accomplished with an investment of $7.5 billion dollars.
But that is only $15,000 per charging station, installed.
A single high capacity charger can cost $100,000 or more, and most stations have multiple chargers.
We are now in the second year of the program and only seven stations have been opened so far.
At this rate, it will require thousands of years to build all 500,000 charging stations, assuming there are sufficient funds to do so.
Global consulting firm McKinsey and Company estimates that the U.S. will need 28 million charging ports by 2030.
There are just two million charging ports today.
To meet the goal, about 12,000 new public and private charging ports will need to be added every single day to reach the goal by 2030.
It is true that significantly more government funded charging stations are in the works and will be opened.
The stations completed so far cost significantly more than what has been promised.
With retailers contributing land to the projects opened so far, the cost of each station has averaged one-million dollars, with the government participation of 80% of the cost.
Eight-hundred-thousand dollars for each station is significantly more than the 15,000 committed by the administration.
At this rate, the 500,000 charging stations will cost the government $400 billion, not the $7.5 billion the President has promised.
If the administration is so wrong with this program, one must consider how many government programs designed to bring electric vehicles to the masses are similarly defective.
“EPA CO2 emission regulation that require nearly 72% of U.S. new light vehicle sales to be fully electric or plug-in hybrid by 2032.”
For those wondering, my estimate, if this suicide plan goes forward, is that the remaining 28% of vehicles for sale (as in gasoline cars and even regular hybrids) will cost between $150,000 and $200,000 each, as they will have to subsidize the EVs that no one wants, to the point of them being virtually free.
10% for the Big Guy, that’s all that matters to the Biden trash.
Ciudad Juarez ICE Rebuilds will be at your service.
My local automotive machine shop is turning away business. No room for any more blocks, heads, and cranks.
Why should the govt build charging stations?. Do they build gas stations?
The Chevron Deference knock-down by SCOTUS should be the end of EPA law making.
If we just Mandated that ALL Public Employee’s and Officers of the Court Nationwide exclusively used EV Vehicles for all Transportation and Travel, the problem would get fixed.
ANY copper in those things?
The problem with this article is that there are two types of chargers. One is the type that you will see in parking garages, so called “level 2” chargers. These put ac current into the on board charger which rectifies to dc current. They usually put out ~ 3.5 or ~ 7 kw. Easy peasy, cheap. The second type (there are several flavors) puts dc current directly into the battery. The charge rate varies from a minimum of 50 kw up to 350 kw. Not easy peasy, not cheap. So, without distinguishing how many of each type of charger are being installed, the numbers are useless. BTW, sometimes people refer to the dc charging as “ level 3” but that is not accurate. DCFC (direct current fast charge) is the preferred term.
The copper thieves will thank Uncle sham for the new shiny source.
one must consider how many government programs designed to bring electric vehicles to the masses are similarly defective.
What a stupid statement. ALL of them are defective, beginning with the assumption that gov’t demands that ev’s be adopted.
I resent having to pay for this folly. No one subsidizes or pays for gas stations to be built yet here we are building rest plazas for people who can afford 50K and up for a battery on wheels.
PBUT! [Piss Be Upon Them]
For those wondering, my estimate, if this suicide plan goes forward, is that the remaining 28% of vehicles for sale (as in gasoline cars and even regular hybrids) will cost between $150,000 and $200,000 each, as they will have to subsidize the EVs that no one wants, to the point of them being virtually free.
With Chevron elimination the EPA CO2 emission regulation is eliminated. OEM auto manufacturers just ignore the rule and make the govt. take them to court and prove they have standing in the WRITTEN LAWS as passed by congress. They don't.
EPA flung a pile of crap against the wall and it only stuck because of Chevron.
“With Chevron elimination the EPA CO2 emission regulation is eliminated.”
It’s not yet eliminated, but should be if it’s fought. But will our side fight?
San Francisco Neighbors Hot Over EV Cooling Fans Causing Noise Nuisance
Those decibel levels are a heckuva lot more than a nuisance. Especially the indoor readings.
But that's OK when Deep State does it, isnt it. Good luck, private property owners, finding someone to buy if you try voting-with-your-feet.
Yikes. I wonder if the people complaining don’t have AC and open the windows for airflow. I spent some time in the coastal LAX area. The home had heat but no AC since it was within walking distance to the ocean.
I agree with the premise of your question. Without subsidies, EVs would be dead in the water. The reason for the slow rollout of government sponsored charging stations is there are too many strings attached to the grant money. My take is even if the govt pays for complete installation costs, the companies operating the charging stations still have to make a reasonable profit.
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