{"id":2111211,"date":"2023-11-29T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colossal-failure-bidens-7-5b-on-ev-infrastructure-has-yet-to-produce-one-single-charger\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:47:50","slug":"colossal-failure-bidens-7-5b-on-ev-infrastructure-has-yet-to-produce-one-single-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colossal-failure-bidens-7-5b-on-ev-infrastructure-has-yet-to-produce-one-single-charger\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s $7.5B EV Infrastructure Investment Fails to Deliver a Single Charger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div 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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>Colossal Failure: \u2063Biden&#8217;s \u200c$7.5B \u200bon EV Infrastructure Has\u200d Yet to \u200dProduce One \u200dSingle \u200bCharger<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Just over two years ago, \u200don Nov. 6, 2021, the\u200d White House\u2064 celebrated the passage\u2062 of the so-called\u2063 Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal as a \u201conce-in-a-generation investment in our nation\u2019s infrastructure and competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the goals of the \u2064act, known formally as\u2063 the \u201cInfrastructure Investment and Jobs \u200cAct,\u201d was \u200cto \u201cinvest $7.5 billion to build out\u2062 a\u2063 national \u200bnetwork of EV \u2063chargers \u2062in the United States,\u201d according to a\u200c Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/11\/06\/fact-sheet-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislation\u200c will\u2063 provide\u200b funding for\u200d deployment of EV chargers\u2062 along highway \u2062corridors to facilitate long-distance travel and within communities to provide convenient charging \u200dwhere people live, \u200dwork,\u200c and shop,\u201d the\u2063 administration claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investment will support\u200d the \u2062President\u2019s\u200d goal of building a\u2062 nationwide network of 500,000 EV chargers to\u200b accelerate the adoption\u2063 of EVs,\u2063 reduce emissions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-2-trillion-here-are-the-key-components-of-bidens-massive-infrastructure-plan\/\" title=\"Another  Trillion: Here Are The Key Components of Biden\u2019s Massive Infrastructure Plan\">improve air quality<\/a>, and create \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">good-paying jobs<\/a> across \u200cthe country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it didn\u2019t say when.<\/p>\n<p>Which may explain why, over two years later, not a single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/electric-vehicle-owning-journalist-dismayed-find-huge-number-chargers-unusable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric vehicle charger<\/a> has been installed \u2064using the money appropriated for that\u200c purpose by \u200dCongress through the IIJA.<\/p>\n<p>While many may\u200d jump to the conclusion that some\u2064 sort \u200bof corruption or conspiracy is \u2063to blame, the answer, \u2062according to <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/2023\/11\/bidens-billions-for-ev-charging-has-yet-to-bring-a-charger-online-00128787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> \u200c(behind a paywall) is much more \u2062banal.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 culprit\u2062 is run-of-the-mill government inefficiency, \u200dthe\u200c outlet reported \u2062Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates and\u2063 the charger industry blame the delays mostly on \u200bthe labyrinth\u2064 of new contracting\u200c and performance\u2064 requirements they\u200b have to navigate to receive federal funds,\u201d\u2062 according\u200b to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Because of course they do; it\u2019s not like\u200c anyone would\u2063 expect\u2063 them to take responsibility\u2064 for the delays \u2063themselves, not\u2064 when there\u2019s big ol\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-dawn-deep-state-presidential-assassination-brought-bloated-federal-govt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal\u2064 behemoth<\/a> \u2062to point fingers at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile federal officials have authorized more than $2 billion \u200dof the funds to be sent to states,\u200c fewer\u2063 than half of\u200d states have \u200beven\u200c started to take bids from \u2064contractors to\u200d build the \u200dchargers \u2014 let alone begin \u2063construction,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Federal estimates\u200c (which are likely to be inflated, given who\u2019s running things \u2063at the moment) cited by Politico (which is \u200bunlikely to fact check the current administration, given its political biases) said that because of the \u201crising\u201d consumer demand for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-electric-vehicle-efforts-run-unexpected-roadblock-situation-bit-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric vehicles<\/a>, the U.S.\u2062 by 2030 is going to need six\u200b times the \u200dnumber of EV\u200c chargers currently available.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the IIJA has provided one-sixth of that. \u2063The number of EV chargers available to U.S. \u200cconsumers\u200b prior to the passage of the act\u200b has been multiplied by\u2064 \u2026 one.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re trying to figure out how much \u200cthat means\u2063 each \u2064new charger has cost the American taxpayer, don\u2019t bother. It\u2019s not possible \u200bto divide by zero.<\/p>\n<p>The utter\u2062 failure\u200b of this \u201conce-in-a-generation\u201d legislation is\u2063 yet another\u200d clear example of the ineffectiveness of the\u200c government to accomplish \u200dmuch of anything \u2063at \u2064all \u2014 as \u2064if \u200cwe needed\u2062 another one.<\/p>\n<p>It also seems likely to hurt Joe\u200b Biden at the ballot box \u2062next\u200d year, as leftists can\u2019t possibly be happy \u2063at the lack of progress and even \u2064if a handful of chargers do \u2063by some minor miracle\u200b appear\u200b between now and then, it won\u2019t \u200dgive the \u200dincumbent much of a\u2063 talking point to\u200d run on.<\/p>\n<p>In fact,\u200c if the IIJA \u2064winds up being\u2064 the straw that breaks the backs of leftists \u2063who \u200cmight otherwise have voted\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-americans-turning-biden-2024-not-going-vote-period\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-elect Biden<\/a> \u2064next \u2062year and motivates them to stay home, that might end\u200d up being the legislation\u2019s most significant accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>And there are \u200dplenty who would argue that preventing a second Biden \u200cterm would be well worth \u2062$7.5 billion all by itself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<h3>The Western \u2064Journal<\/h3>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062 What\u2064 measures should the Biden administration and \u200drelevant stakeholders take to expedite the implementation\u2062 of the EV\u200b charger network and ensure timely and efficient utilization of\u2064 allocated funds<\/h2>\n<p><span>  N construction,\u201d Politico stated.\u200b \u201cIn\u200d many cases, it took states more than a year \u200dto pass the necessary legislation to spend the money, and \u2063more than six months from there to get their plans approved by federal\u200c officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-introduce-two-bills-to-combat-the-job-killing-biden-agenda\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Introduce Two Bills To Combat The \u2018Job-Killing Biden Agenda\u2019\">bureaucratic red tape<\/a> has resulted in a colossal\u200d failure of the Biden\u200b administration&#8217;s promise to build a nationwide network of EV chargers. The $7.5 billion investment was meant to accelerate the adoption of EVs, reduce emissions,\u200c improve air quality,\u2062 and create jobs. However, without a single\u2062 charger being produced\u2064 so far, these goals seem elusive at best.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of progress is not only frustrating \u2064for those who hoped to see a rapid expansion\u200b of EV charging infrastructure but also for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/complete-shithole-bidens-namesake-rest-stop-in-disarray\/\" title=\"\u2018Complete Shithole\u2019: Biden\u2019s Namesake Rest Stop in Disarray\">electric vehicle owners<\/a> who are left \u2064with limited\u200b options for \u2062charging their vehicles. As an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/electric-vehicle-owning-journalist-dismayed-find-huge-number-chargers-unusable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article in The \u2062Western Journal<\/a> highlighted, even the existing chargers are often unusable \u200bor unreliable due to maintenance issues.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b blame for this failure lies with \u200dthe convoluted\u2064 and\u200c inefficient government processes that\u2064 have hindered the implementation \u200dof the charger network. States \u2062and the charger \u2064industry have struggled to navigate the complex contracting and performance requirements necessary to access federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>While it is not surprising that government inefficiency has played a role in delaying the project, it is disheartening to see such a significant investment yielding no tangible results thus far. The inability to swiftly allocate these funds \u200band commence construction raises questions about the Biden administration&#8217;s ability to effectively manage \u200cinfrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2063 essential for the government to address these issues promptly and streamline the processes involved in deploying EV\u2064 chargers. The\u2064 need for a reliable and accessible charging network is crucial for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles \u200cand\u200d achieving the environmental benefits associated with their use.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the infrastructure project\u200b was touted as\u2062 a \u200bmeans to create &#8220;good-paying jobs across the country.&#8221; However,\u200b the delays \u200din \u200dimplementation \u2062have not \u2063only hindered progress on EV charging infrastructure \u2063but also \u200bdeprived individuals of potential job opportunities \u200din\u2062 the construction\u200c and\u200d related\u200b industries.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, it is imperative \u200cfor the Biden administration and relevant stakeholders to expedite \u2064the implementation\u2064 of the EV charger network. This requires\u200d simplifying bureaucratic procedures and providing adequate support and guidance to states\u2064 and the charger industry to ensure timely and efficient utilization of the allocated\u200d funds.<\/p>\n<p>The American public deserves to see progress and tangible results from the\u2062 substantial investment made in EV infrastructure. The successful deployment\u200d of a national network of EV chargers will not only support the broader transition to electric vehicles but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-begins-debate-on-bidens-2-4-trillion-spending-package-without-knowing-how-its-going-to-be-fully-paid-for\/\" title=\"House Begins Debate On Biden\u2019s .4 Trillion Spending Package Without Knowing How It\u2019s Going To Be Fully Paid For\">stimulate economic growth<\/a> and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>As we move further\u2062 into the \u200d21st century, the \u2063development of sustainable infrastructure is crucial for addressing \u2064climate change and\u200d promoting a cleaner and greener\u2062 future. \u2063It is hoped that the Biden \u2062administration will urgently address the shortcomings and challenges faced in implementing the EV charger network and deliver on its promises\u200d of building a comprehensive and reliable charging infrastructure across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 6, 2021, the White House marked the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, hailing it as a significant investment in our nation&#8217;s infrastructure and competitiveness. 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