{"id":2031830,"date":"2023-09-14T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennifer-granholm-outlines-plan-to-tackle-chicken-and-egg-issue-to-increase-electric-vehicle-sales\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T13:54:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:54:48","slug":"jennifer-granholm-outlines-plan-to-tackle-chicken-and-egg-issue-to-increase-electric-vehicle-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennifer-granholm-outlines-plan-to-tackle-chicken-and-egg-issue-to-increase-electric-vehicle-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Granholm&#8217;s strategy to boost electric vehicle sales targets the &#8216;chicken and egg issue&#8217;."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjennifer-granholm-outlines-plan-to-tackle-chicken-and-egg-issue-to-increase-electric-vehicle-sales%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=2031830&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--><h2>Department of Energy Secretary Outlines Plan to\u200b Boost Electric Vehicle\u200d Sales<\/h2>\n<p>Department of Energy\u200b Secretary Jennifer\u2063 Granholm recently addressed concerns about \u2064the \u2062high prices and limited availability \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">electric vehicles<\/a>. Speaking before\u2062 the House Committee on\u200c Science, Space, and Technology, Granholm discussed the department&#8217;s\u2063 strategy to address these \u2064issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to solve the chicken and egg issue by bringing down the price and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennifer-granholm-outlines-plan-to-tackle-chicken-and-egg-issue-to-increase-electric-vehicle-sales\/\" title=\"Granholm's strategy to boost electric vehicle sales targets the 'chicken and egg issue'.\">funding additional electric vehicle charging units<\/a> in areas where the private sector has yet to build them,&#8221; Granholm explained in response to\u2063 Rep. Bill Posey&#8217;s inquiry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Tackling Range Anxiety and Expanding Charging Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<p>Granholm acknowledged that one of\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-has-always-been-political-meghan-mccain-says-cdcs-mask-180-was-a-response-to-dismal-jobs-numbers\/\" title=\"\u2018This Has Always Been Political\u2019: Meghan McCain Says CDC\u2019s Mask 180 Was A Response To Dismal Jobs Numbers\">main concerns<\/a> for potential electric vehicle drivers is \u2064the \u200daccessibility of \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-becomes-the-first-millennial-confirmed-to-a-cabinet-position\/\" title=\"Buttigieg Becomes The First Millennial Confirmed To A Cabinet Position\">charging stations<\/a>. To alleviate this &#8220;range anxiety,&#8221; the Department of Energy is working in collaboration with the \u200dDepartment of Transportation to fund the installation of 500,000 \u200badditional electric vehicle charging units nationwide.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We aim to establish charging stations in transportation\u2063 corridors and areas where the private sector has not yet invested due\u200b to low\u200d demand,&#8221; \u2064Granholm\u2063 emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Biden Administration&#8217;s Ambitious \u2062Goals<\/h3>\n<p>The Biden administration has proposed\u2063 stringent\u200c emissions standards for \u200cmodel \u200cyears \u200c2027 to 2032, \u2063with the aim of achieving 67% electric vehicle sales by 2032. However, a recent survey\u2064 by Cox Automotive revealed that \u2062electric vehicles currently \u200caccount for less than\u2062 8% of total new vehicle \u2064sales in 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Investing \u200din Battery Technology and Affordability<\/h3>\n<p>Granholm highlighted the \u2062Department of Energy&#8217;s commitment to reducing the price of electric vehicles through\u2063 research and development in battery technology. She noted that vehicle battery prices have already dropped by 85%\u2062 over the past \u2063decade, largely due to DOE research\u200c efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Granholm\u2064 emphasized the significance of President Joe Biden&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act, which includes rebates of up to $7,500 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-green-energy-tax-credit-benefiting-union-workers-in-budget\/\" title=\"Democrats Push For Green Energy Tax Credit Benefiting Union Workers In Budget\">electric vehicle purchases<\/a>. This legislation, passed last year, is the largest climate initiative in United States history.<\/p>\n<p>To\u2062 learn more about this topic,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to read the full article from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to address the barriers hindering electric vehicle adoption, including affordability and charging infrastructure, as part of their plan to boost sales. In response to Rep. Posey&#8217;s inquiry, Secretary Granholm assured that the Department of Energy is actively working towards resolving these issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031830","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}