Shortly after President Joe Biden came into office, he announced a goal of having 50 percent of all new vehicle sales be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030. Since then, he has dumped billions of dollars’ worth of subsidies into the EV sector to accelerate his EV mandate. However, President Biden will likely miss his EV target because young Americans who jumped on the EV wagon have suffered buyer’s remorse.
The Wall Street Journal reports that about 57 percent of American millennial EV owners indicate they want to switch back to a gasoline-powered car, mainly due to the difficulty of charging and the soaring cost of ownership. These challenges are a direct result of the Biden administration’s policies and incompetency.
One of the biggest anxieties of EV owners is charging their vehicles. In 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocated $7.5 billion to the Biden administration, aiming to build 500,000 commercial charging stations nationwide to boost the transition to EVs. After two and half years, the Biden administration has built only eight charging stations. Saying that the government is making progress at a “snail’s pace” isn’t even fair to snails.
My niece’s college friends recently embarked on a cross-country trip from California to Washington, D.C., in a Tesla. They got stuck somewhere in Nevada when the Tesla ran out of juice and there was no charging station nearby. They had to call a toll company to get themselves and the Tesla out of the desert. What happened to them is
