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Biden administration plans to spend $5bn to build EV charging network across US
"Does your state have a plan on how to have electric vehicles pay their share of the road budget?"
Your granddaughter is a lucky young woman.
Between Putin's inexcusable and inhumane expansionist ambition and Republican's debilitating domestic
obstructionism, and Manchin, Biden and covid, Biden is juggling a number of balls as well as anyone could.
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Related: How 14 policies could survive — or die — after Manchin’s ‘no’
[Zorax:] "I think Biden will split up his bills..."
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Clean energy perks
What’s in it: $555 billion for tackling climate change and reducing U.S. carbon emissions, the nation’s largest-ever investment in addressing what the White House has identified as an existential priority for the globe.
P - The House-passed legislation would have expanded existing tax credits that have helped the clean energy industry grow, tying the credits to the Biden administration's manufacturing and labor priorities. Democrats latched onto the tax incentives as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions without triggering Manchin’s objections to penalizing fossil fuels. The credits would have gone toward promoting domestic manufacturing, carbon capture, clean fuels, nuclear power, electric vehicles and clean hydrogen.
P - Manchin’s take: While he never expressed direct hostility to the clean energy tax package, Manchin objected to proposals to grant the fullest electric vehicle tax credits of $12,500 to people who buy cars and trucks made with unionized American labor. Cars from other manufacturers, including Tesla and Toyota, would qualify for only $7,500 in credits. Manchin’s state is home to a Toyota manufacturing facility, and he has said it was “not American” to favor some U.S.-based manufacturers over others.
P - The House-passed bill called for the clean energy tax credits to last for a decade, which could be a selling point for Manchin, who has been urging Democratic leaders to revamp the bill to fund all of the programs for 10 years and offset the cost over the same time frame. So some climate activists were still expressing hope Sunday that the credits could survive in a subsequent bill.
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Electric vehicle stations to be placed every 50 miles along interstate highways to spur adoption of zero-emission cars
Joe Biden at GM’s first fully dedicated electric vehicle plant in November 2021.
The government plans to award $5bn to build EV charging stations.
Photograph: Dominick Sokotoff/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Associated Press
Fri 11 Feb 2022 14.51 AEDT
The Biden administration has unveiled a plan to award nearly $5bn over five years to build thousands of electric vehicle charging stations.
The nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations would place new or upgraded ones every 50 miles (80km) along interstate highways as part of the administration’s plan to spur widespread adoption of zero-emission cars.
Under Department of Transportation requirements, states must submit plans to the federal government and can begin construction this year if they focus first on highway routes, rather than neighborhoods and shopping centers, that can allow people to take their electric vehicles long distances.
Start me up: ‘car guy’ Joe Biden accelerates push to turn America electric
[Out here, "The president plans a record investment away from gas-powered cars
– but Republicans in Congress could thwart his plans"]
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/06/car-guy-joe-biden-america-electric-vehicles
Each station would need to have at least four fast-charger ports, which enable drivers to fully recharge their vehicles in about an hour.
Many technical details are to be worked out, and the administration acknowledges it will take work to persuade drivers accustomed to gas-powered cars, particularly in rural areas. The money is far less than the $15bn that Biden had envisioned to fulfill a campaign promise of 500,000 charging stations by 2030, and it may take substantial private investment to make the plan work.
“A century ago, America ushered in the modern automotive era; now America must lead the electric vehicle revolution,” the transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg .. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pete-buttigieg , said.
Buttigieg made the announcement in front of the transportation department along with White House officials, flanked by a pair of black Ford Mustang Mach-E SUVs in the federal government’s growing electric fleet that he and the energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, drive. The vehicle’s retail price starts around $44,000 and climbs to $60,000-plus including options, and they are currently made in Mexico.
Electric cars on show in Washington as Biden pushes for green revolution
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/30/biden-white-house-washington-electric-vehicles
Buttigieg made a special appeal to rural drivers, suggesting that big wide open spaces of the US no longer need to be a “valley of death” for EV drivers.
“Many might think of them as a luxury item,” he said. “The reality is nobody benefits more from EVs in principle than those who drive the longest distances, often our rural Americans.”
The law provides an additional $2.5bn for local grants, planned for later this year, to fill remaining gaps in the charging network in rural areas and in disadvantaged communities, which currently are less likely to own the higher-priced electric vehicles. States failing to meet all the federal requirements risk delays in getting approval from the Federal Highway Administration or not getting money at all.
Biden also has set a goal of 50% electric vehicle sales by 2030, part of a broader effort to become zero emissions economy-wide by 2050.
Electric vehicles amounted to less than 3% of US new auto sales last year, but forecasters expect big increases in the next decade. Consumers bought about 400,000 fully electric vehicles.
Amid the petrol crisis, is it time to switch to an electric car?
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/oct/10/amid-the-petrol-crisis-is-it-time-to-switch-to-an-electric-car
Biden hopes to do even more to promote electric vehicles, including a provision in his stalled social and environmental bill for a $7,500 tax credit for people who buy electric vehicles.
“It’s going to help ensure that America leads the world on electric vehicles,” Biden said this week about American companies expanding EV infrastructure.
“China has been leading the race up to now, but this is about to change,” he said.
“Because America is building convenient, reliable, equitable national public charging networks. So wherever you live, charging an electric vehicle will be quick and easy.”
Granholm described the initial $5bn investment as creating “the spine” of the national network.
Jessika Trancik, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies EV charging, called the administration’s approach a good first step. She said a successful strategy to spur wider EV use would require charging stations in a host of different locations, including faster charging along highways and slower charging near homes and workplaces.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/11/biden-administration-plans-to-spend-5bn-to-build-ev-charging-network-across-us
"Does your state have a plan on how to have electric vehicles pay their share of the road budget?"
Your granddaughter is a lucky young woman.
Between Putin's inexcusable and inhumane expansionist ambition and Republican's debilitating domestic
obstructionism, and Manchin, Biden and covid, Biden is juggling a number of balls as well as anyone could.
---
Related: How 14 policies could survive — or die — after Manchin’s ‘no’
[Zorax:] "I think Biden will split up his bills..."
[...]
Clean energy perks
What’s in it: $555 billion for tackling climate change and reducing U.S. carbon emissions, the nation’s largest-ever investment in addressing what the White House has identified as an existential priority for the globe.
P - The House-passed legislation would have expanded existing tax credits that have helped the clean energy industry grow, tying the credits to the Biden administration's manufacturing and labor priorities. Democrats latched onto the tax incentives as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions without triggering Manchin’s objections to penalizing fossil fuels. The credits would have gone toward promoting domestic manufacturing, carbon capture, clean fuels, nuclear power, electric vehicles and clean hydrogen.
P - Manchin’s take: While he never expressed direct hostility to the clean energy tax package, Manchin objected to proposals to grant the fullest electric vehicle tax credits of $12,500 to people who buy cars and trucks made with unionized American labor. Cars from other manufacturers, including Tesla and Toyota, would qualify for only $7,500 in credits. Manchin’s state is home to a Toyota manufacturing facility, and he has said it was “not American” to favor some U.S.-based manufacturers over others.
P - The House-passed bill called for the clean energy tax credits to last for a decade, which could be a selling point for Manchin, who has been urging Democratic leaders to revamp the bill to fund all of the programs for 10 years and offset the cost over the same time frame. So some climate activists were still expressing hope Sunday that the credits could survive in a subsequent bill.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=167186308
---
Electric vehicle stations to be placed every 50 miles along interstate highways to spur adoption of zero-emission cars
Joe Biden at GM’s first fully dedicated electric vehicle plant in November 2021.
The government plans to award $5bn to build EV charging stations.
Photograph: Dominick Sokotoff/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Associated Press
Fri 11 Feb 2022 14.51 AEDT
The Biden administration has unveiled a plan to award nearly $5bn over five years to build thousands of electric vehicle charging stations.
The nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations would place new or upgraded ones every 50 miles (80km) along interstate highways as part of the administration’s plan to spur widespread adoption of zero-emission cars.
Under Department of Transportation requirements, states must submit plans to the federal government and can begin construction this year if they focus first on highway routes, rather than neighborhoods and shopping centers, that can allow people to take their electric vehicles long distances.
Start me up: ‘car guy’ Joe Biden accelerates push to turn America electric
[Out here, "The president plans a record investment away from gas-powered cars
– but Republicans in Congress could thwart his plans"]
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/06/car-guy-joe-biden-america-electric-vehicles
Each station would need to have at least four fast-charger ports, which enable drivers to fully recharge their vehicles in about an hour.
Many technical details are to be worked out, and the administration acknowledges it will take work to persuade drivers accustomed to gas-powered cars, particularly in rural areas. The money is far less than the $15bn that Biden had envisioned to fulfill a campaign promise of 500,000 charging stations by 2030, and it may take substantial private investment to make the plan work.
“A century ago, America ushered in the modern automotive era; now America must lead the electric vehicle revolution,” the transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg .. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pete-buttigieg , said.
Buttigieg made the announcement in front of the transportation department along with White House officials, flanked by a pair of black Ford Mustang Mach-E SUVs in the federal government’s growing electric fleet that he and the energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, drive. The vehicle’s retail price starts around $44,000 and climbs to $60,000-plus including options, and they are currently made in Mexico.
Electric cars on show in Washington as Biden pushes for green revolution
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/30/biden-white-house-washington-electric-vehicles
Buttigieg made a special appeal to rural drivers, suggesting that big wide open spaces of the US no longer need to be a “valley of death” for EV drivers.
“Many might think of them as a luxury item,” he said. “The reality is nobody benefits more from EVs in principle than those who drive the longest distances, often our rural Americans.”
The law provides an additional $2.5bn for local grants, planned for later this year, to fill remaining gaps in the charging network in rural areas and in disadvantaged communities, which currently are less likely to own the higher-priced electric vehicles. States failing to meet all the federal requirements risk delays in getting approval from the Federal Highway Administration or not getting money at all.
Biden also has set a goal of 50% electric vehicle sales by 2030, part of a broader effort to become zero emissions economy-wide by 2050.
Electric vehicles amounted to less than 3% of US new auto sales last year, but forecasters expect big increases in the next decade. Consumers bought about 400,000 fully electric vehicles.
Amid the petrol crisis, is it time to switch to an electric car?
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/oct/10/amid-the-petrol-crisis-is-it-time-to-switch-to-an-electric-car
Biden hopes to do even more to promote electric vehicles, including a provision in his stalled social and environmental bill for a $7,500 tax credit for people who buy electric vehicles.
“It’s going to help ensure that America leads the world on electric vehicles,” Biden said this week about American companies expanding EV infrastructure.
“China has been leading the race up to now, but this is about to change,” he said.
“Because America is building convenient, reliable, equitable national public charging networks. So wherever you live, charging an electric vehicle will be quick and easy.”
Granholm described the initial $5bn investment as creating “the spine” of the national network.
Jessika Trancik, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies EV charging, called the administration’s approach a good first step. She said a successful strategy to spur wider EV use would require charging stations in a host of different locations, including faster charging along highways and slower charging near homes and workplaces.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/11/biden-administration-plans-to-spend-5bn-to-build-ev-charging-network-across-us
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