{"id":1077698,"date":"2021-12-02T17:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077698"},"modified":"2021-12-02T17:59:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:59:14","slug":"harris-and-buttigieg-unite-to-promote-biden-admins-favorite-green-energy-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-and-buttigieg-unite-to-promote-biden-admins-favorite-green-energy-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris and Buttigieg Unite To Promote Biden Admin\u2019s Favorite Green Energy Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-and-buttigieg-unite-to-promote-biden-admins-favorite-green-energy-company%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.61625282167\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Admin has routinely promoted Proterra during first year in office<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236964627-736x470-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236964627-736x470.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236964627-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236964627-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236964627-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236964627-2048x1307.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236964627-1400x893.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks after touring the electric vehicle operations at Charlotte Area Transit Systems bus garage with Vice President Kamala Harris, on Dec. 2, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/matthew-foldi\/\" title=\"Posts by Matthew Foldi\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Matthew Foldi<\/a> \u2022 December 2, 2021 5:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"82.296731765644\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">President Joe Biden&#8217;s favorite electric battery company got a major publicity boost on Thursday from his two most high-profile cabinet members, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stepped inside a Proterra bus and praised its features.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The pair&#8217;s promotion of electric bus-maker Proterra came during a trip to Charlotte, N.C., to promote the administration&#8217;s infrastructure spending, which includes money for localities to purchase Proterra&#8217;s expensive electric buses. Harris showered the Proterra buses with praise, according to the pool reporters on the trip, calling them &#8220;very user-friendly&#8221; and marveling at how quietly the brakes work.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The wheels on the bus go &#8217;round and &#8217;round,&#8221; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1466496923024695297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> with a cackle from the driver&#8217;s seat as Buttigieg looked on silently, according to the pool.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Overt praise for Proterra has become a pattern for the administration. Until this year, the company counted Biden&#8217;s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm as a major investor and board member. Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-promotes-proterra-on-wisconsin-infrastructure-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hawked<\/a> Proterra&#8217;s products, and administration events have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/proterra-founder-gets-one-on-one-interview-with-biden-pentagon-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured<\/a> the green energy company. Its investors <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/major-proterra-investor-al-gore-lobbies-white-house-on-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have also gained<\/a> the ear of top White House officials who crafted the infrastructure deal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The praise from leading Democrats, however, hasn&#8217;t been enough to boost the company&#8217;s finances amid reports of poor performance by its buses in cities across the country. In Philadelphia, NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/report-philadelphias-proterra-fleet-in-complete-shambles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/phillys-entire-fleet-of-battery-powered-buses-has-been-mia-since-february\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1638562769149000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1eXVIFx2W3Of1WmGq3LaQU\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">reported<\/a> that the city sidelined its expensive Proterra fleet due to structural defects and poor battery life. In Duluth, Minn., Proterra buses were taken off the road because the brakes couldn&#8217;t handle the city&#8217;s hills. &#8220;A software problem was causing them to roll back when accelerating uphill from a standstill,&#8221; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duluthmonitor.com\/2020\/09\/19\/electric-bus-pilot-project-reveals-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Duluth Monitor<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Charlotte bought five Proterra buses in 2020 as part of its &#8220;sustainability&#8221; plan. But the buses do not run full routes through the city. Instead, they service the airport alone, perhaps saving the city from the problems the pricey electric buses have in other cities. Using a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies and others, Charlotte <a href=\"https:\/\/charlottenc.gov\/newsroom\/cityhighlights\/Pages\/Electric-Bus-Pilot.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/charlottenc.gov\/newsroom\/cityhighlights\/Pages\/Electric-Bus-Pilot.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1638562769149000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1q9T_KdiacQ1jMs0Iha2QJ\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">contracted<\/a> a different company, eTransEnergy, for electric buses to be used around the city.<\/p>\n<p>Proterra&#8217;s stock price has tumbled from its peak in January of about $29 a share to just over $10 a share at the close of the markets on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Proterra did not respond to a request for comment about what role it played in arranging the North Carolina visit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration Admin has routinely promoted Proterra during first year in office  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks after touring the electric vehicle operations at Charlotte Area &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}