via justthenews:
The Great Lakes states, let alone the nation, don’t have the infrastructure necessary for the transition to electric vehicles, a car search and research company reported.
BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group and Stellantis NV announced Wednesday they’re collaborating to install 30,000 high-powered charge points in urban and highway locations, beginning in summer 2024, with private and public funding,
iSeeCars.com Executive Analyst Karl Brauer said it’s not enough.
The seven companies announced their venture, which should be established this year, would begin opening stations in summer 2024. The networks would be powered solely with renewable energy. All battery-powered electric vehicles that use Combined Charging System or North American Charging Standard will at least meet the U.S. National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program’s requirements.
Brauer told The Center Square in a statement July 26 that the most daunting challenge for the electric vehicle transition is the lack of charging infrastructure to satisfy the current 5% new vehicle market share of EV drivers.
via newsmax:
Americans don’t want electric vehicles — despite the Biden administration pushing tax credits to stimulate demand, according to Alex Acosta, former secretary of labor in the Trump administration, on Newsmax.
In an interview Monday on “National Report,” Acosta said the administration’s program to stimulate electric vehicle purchases only resulted in “temporary” — and tepid — demand.
“Ultimately, consumers are saying, We do not want electric vehicles,” Acosta said. “Ford invested a lot of money and is now having to go back and say we made a mistake. Consumers want hybrids. Consumers want traditional cars, and it’s having to retool its factories. As a result, government programs don’t work.”
Acosta also dismantled Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s assertion that electric vehicles were saving people money.
Ford Motor has now lost $4.5 Billion making electric cars…