White House DEI Demands Are Thwarting EV Charging Station Construction, Docs Show
by Joseph Simonson 15 hours ago in Electric Vehicles, News Reading Time:
In 2021, the Biden administration pledged it would build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations by 2030. So far, it’s built seven. [emphasis, links added]
Last month, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg—who administers the funds apportioned for EV charger construction in the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Act—said Americans should not be surprised at the time it takes to stand up “a new category of federal investment.”
“It’s more than just plunking a small device into the ground,” Buttigieg said in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation.
But internal memos from the Department of Transportation obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, as well as interviews with those who are responsible for overseeing the implementation of the electric vehicle charging station project, say the delay is in large part a result of the White House’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/white-house-dei-demands-are-thwarting-ev-charging-station-construction-docs-show/