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California sues Trump administration for withholding EV charging funds
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 7, 2025 | By Julie Johnson

Posted on 05/11/2025 12:15:04 PM PDT by artichokegrower

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To: Tell It Right

Just bake the $300 million into EV annual registration fees and an “infrastructure fee” when you buy the thing.

$100 up front when you buy the EV car and an add-on of $100 on your annual registration fee. Problem solved.


21 posted on 05/11/2025 1:53:12 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: artichokegrower

For those who think CA should have the funds, how about payment after proof when each new station is completed and working?


22 posted on 05/11/2025 2:12:42 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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To: silverleaf

THAT IS THE $7.5 BILLION question.

NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW


23 posted on 05/11/2025 2:19:14 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: artichokegrower

7 Billion dollars, IIRC, and less than 5 charges installed. That’s a hell of a loss-leader!


24 posted on 05/11/2025 2:20:39 PM PDT by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
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To: artichokegrower

Who would trust California to build anything ... ridden the rocket train lately?


25 posted on 05/11/2025 2:51:18 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: Newbomb Turk

Exactly.


26 posted on 05/11/2025 3:03:19 PM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: artichokegrower

Time to sue California for all the brown outs and black outs for greater strain on the grid.

Summer time in LA transformers sound like the 4th of July as it is.


27 posted on 05/11/2025 3:54:40 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
In all seriousness, Alabama adds a higher “EV rate” when we do our annual registration (colloquially called “getting our car tag”). The idea is for EV owners to pay for road upkeep (since EV drivers don’t pay gas taxes). That fee could be increased to pay for fast roadside charging infrastructure.

Or another option is to add it to the charging rate at fast chargers.

28 posted on 05/11/2025 5:15:49 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Both are good options. Gruesome just wants the “free” money from Uncle Sugar so he can stiff people all over the country for CA chargers.


29 posted on 05/11/2025 5:19:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My take is California has their own gig going that is much larger the the FED subsidies. They are suing the Feds to get what they think they are entitled to. From what I’ve read the California subsidies are much larger...


30 posted on 05/11/2025 5:52:11 PM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: artichokegrower

Inform pigLIESi’s dipstick nephew to “take a hike”.


31 posted on 05/11/2025 8:39:45 PM PDT by gildafarrell (You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.)
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To: ridesthemiles

Just claim it has all been spent already, for Ukraine. It may not be a lie.

EC


32 posted on 05/12/2025 6:32:25 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: lurk

“You know what wise people do when they’re out of money.”

If they’re sane, they do something productive to earn more.

If they’re leftists, they go looking for someone who has some, and they devise a scheme to rook them out of it.


33 posted on 05/12/2025 12:16:20 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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