Buttigieg defends Biden’s EV strategy after question on how only 8 federal charging stations have be

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 Published May 26, 2024 1:06pm EDT
Buttigieg defends Biden’s EV strategy after question on how only 8 federal charging stations have been built
Buttigieg says Biden focused on making sure EV revolution American-led


By Stephen Sorace FOXBusiness


U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended the Biden administration’s push to construct half a million electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along U.S. highways by 2030 after being questioned over how just eight have been built since President Biden signed the legislation two years ago.

Buttigieg appeared Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," where he tried to ease doubts about reaching Biden’s goal of 500,000 chargers by the end of the decade when asked why it wasn’t happening more quickly.

"Now, in order to do a charger, it's more than just plugging a small device into the ground," the secretary said. "There's utility work, and this is also really a new category of federal investment. But we've been working with each of the 50 states.

"Seven or eight, though?" host Margaret Brennan said with a laugh.

 "Again by 2030, 500,000 chargers," Buttigieg maintained. "And the very first handful of chargers are now already being physically built."

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[Hoodat]

500,000 new targets for copper thieves.

[Wingnut]

Mayor Pete knows his plug-ins.

[berdie]

500,000 new targets for copper thieves.

Great point!

[mountaineer]

$1 Billion per charging station, huh.
Just get a few diesel generators in there, Mayor Pete.

[Fishrrman]

Wingnut throws a wrench with:
"Mayor Pete knows his plug-ins."

Yup.
Especially those that connect into the back panel.

[Smokin Joe]

Wow. Give me 7.5 Billion and I will give you a new oilfield (well, natural Gas and NGLs, mostly).

[the OlLine Rebel]

Do these idiot politicians ever think through anything?

This thing is too damn new.

How are they going to add thousands of miles of electric network along all the desolate interstates in Arizona and other sparse states out west?  Never mind put enough chargers themselves in.  And will these only be a single charger, kind of like the emergency phones along the highways?  Or a whole slate of them?

[Hoodat]

Wow. Give me 7.5 Billion and I will give you a new oilfield (well, natural Gas and NGLs, mostly).

One can build a deepwater Gulf platform producing 100k bbl/day for less than $7.5 billion.