Posted on 04/25/2021 8:33:38 AM PDT by rktman
During a town hall on CNN on Friday, White House National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy said that electric vehicles will become cheaper “when more are sold” and that we have to help consumers with either direct rebates or tax incentives.
McCarthy said, “The American Jobs Plan and the work that we’re doing to address our greenhouse gas emissions are really going to speak to this very issue. Because it’s not about sacrifice. It is about working with our manufacturing sector to revise it — to revive it. It’s about actually building batteries in the U.S. so the cost goes down. It’s us taking back the supply chains that we’ve lost to other countries. And it is about putting people back to work in good union jobs. There is a legitimate issue of electric vehicles that they’re not accessible to everybody. That will change over time.”
Moderator Dana Bash then cut in to ask, “When will that happen?”
McCarthy responded, “One of the ways in which we’re looking at this is to work with the car manufacturers. We didn’t choose electric vehicles. They came to us, and said, you know what, electric vehicles are the future. But they’re producing them in China, not here. And so, we need to reinvigorate our manufacturing sector. We have two battery manufacturing companies that are starting up, one to serve GM and one to serve Ford, right in the United States. We’re actually proposing to do a lot of consumer rebates, we’re proposing to look at tax rebates, things to lower the cost.”
Bash then cut in to ask, “When are they going to be cheaper?”
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The infrastructure is not going to be cheaper. I’m betting the over all costs to build the infrastructure will be millions of dollars per mile.
And when the power goes out due to a storm, you won’t even be able to drive away.
Hey, no low balling the estimates now.
All those cars will be ‘cheaper’ when they are Found On Road Dead & there NEVER were enough power plants to keep them all running.
The cars may get cheaper to build but the electricity will get more expensive to produce.
Go camping - in your back yard.
85-125 miles is the range of The Winnebago Electric RV .
https://drivinvibin.com/2020/07/31/all-electric-rv/
Coal fired cars emit far more carbon than a conventional gasoline powered car.
Wonder how one escapes a hurricane in an electric vehicle?
Wonder if the people supporting this have ever seen a lithium mine? A coal fired power plant?
Look Mommy, it’s magic. Electricity comes out of the plug.
One of the best things about Trump being elected was seeing this MORON Mcah-thy bounced out of the government.
It’s nauseating to see her back.
The solution to that is obvious: ban coal. Ban nuclear too. Ban wind power because of the birds. Ban solar because of the environmental impact. Ban pgracking because .... earthquakes? Just ban it all to be safe.
If the commies get their way we'll be living in caves huddled around a fire for warmth. They will go on living in luxurious palaces driving limos and flying on private jets.
I’m still waiting for an explanation on what they are going to do with the batteries that can’t be recycled. Where will they end up?????
The cars might get cheaper but the Power Grid will have to get a LOT more expensive.
Take it over a mountain pass and that range will drop to about 35 miles.
I’m still waiting for an explanation on what they are going to do with the batteries that can’t be recycled. Where will they end up?????
Where do they end up now? Millions have been worn out.
I bought a new Toyota Tacoma last year.
V6, tow package, 4wd.
Paid cash.
How much incentive would they have to provide to convince me to buy something electric?
If it was free I would not give it space in my driveway.
Got a program for that?
No problem. I have 5 gallon containers full of electrons stored in the garage.
Rebates and credits increase demand. Increasing demand results in increased prices. Did Gina not take Econ 101?
I thought it would be funny to buy an all electric vehicle, and always tow around a small trailer with a generator and some gas cans.
Just put them over there next to all the worn out wind turban blades.
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