• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    Biden Pushed for half of all new vehicles to be EV by 2030

    Biden admin invested billions into the construction of 37 stations with 226 EV charging ports across the USA

    Biden began steps to replace the entire federal vehicle fleet of 645,000 vehicles with electric

    But sure believe your magical fantasy where Joseph Biden presses a mysterious button which changes all of the prices on the market to whatever number he puts into the computer that controls all of America.

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      Setting a goal is a token gesture. We’d get there a lot faster with cheaper EVs, but that would piss off the oligopoly which have been sitting on their asses, keeping EVs expensive, and loading them up with dumb subscription services and other unappealing “features”. Japanese manufacturers kicked American manufacturers’ asses since the 70s and forced them to get better. The American oligopoly did not want that to happen again with China and Biden sided with the oligopoly, greatly delaying EV adoption.

      The charging stations are great. Too bad there won’t be as many EVs taking advantage of them since the EVs themselves are still too expensive.

      The federal vehicle fleet pales in comparison to the general population. Also:

      The president did not give a timeline for when this massive vehicle replacement goal will be implemented.

      Which is perfect since they can say they’re working towards it and when republicans inevitably get in, they can just stop/reverse it.

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      Biden Pushed for half of all new vehicles to be EV by 2030

      “Push for” means “accomplish” to people who are fine without accomplishments.