18 points by fortran77 6 hours ago | 9 comments
pornel 5 hours ago
Isn't that the whole point? Early EV adopters are already creating a demand in richer areas, and that can be fulfilled by commercial suppliers. It's the poor areas that have a chicken-egg problem. EVs have to get cheaper, but that requires a mass-market demand for non-luxury vehicles. But people won't consider buying an EV if the infrastructure is not there, and no business will invest in chargers where there are no EV owners.
vannevar 5 hours ago
northhanover 4 hours ago
vannevar 5 hours ago
According to this article, while the chargers are funded by the federal government, the actual projects are administered by the states. So not so much a problem with the Biden administration as it is a problem with state governments.
melling 4 hours ago
It’s a bit surprising people are hearing this story for the first time. It’s been thrown around for the past year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/03/28/...
https://www.americanenergyalliance.org/2024/06/biden-spends-...
mechagodzilla 6 hours ago
uxp100 5 hours ago
What is relevant is not $5B so much as how much of that $5B has been used already as several commentators on the (better than I would expected for the National Review) comments section of that page note.
maxerickson 5 hours ago
https://driveelectric.gov/news/q3-2024-nevi-quarterly-update
melling 6 hours ago