Build Back Better is a bust.
We all know that. Nothing gets built, and nothing gets better.
‘Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero.’ ‘Two years later, the program has yet to install a single charger.’ From @politico https://t.co/0PY4VNcjbO
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 5, 2023
Still, you would think that if the Biden Administration decided something was a priority, like getting Americans out of internal combustion engine cars and into EVs, some movement toward that goal would have been made.
You would be wrong.
The true purpose of the “Inflation Reduction Act” was to pass the Green New Deal under another name, and one of the key claims being made by environmentalists is that the phase-out of the ICE is vital to reducing greenhouse gases. That’s the ostensible reason for so much money being put into EV technology, including the $7.5 billion set aside to install EV chargers.
Sprinkling EV chargers across America is supposed to reduce range anxiety, a key factor holding back EV sales. Refueling infrastructure for ICE vehicles is in great shape–to call the market mature is an understatement. It’s easy to gas up your car in 5…
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