Op-ed: Only 7 EV charging stations out of 500,000 nationwide target built under Biden admin’s $7.5B plan

07/12/2024 / By Ava Grace

According to an op-ed, only seven electric vehicle (EV) charging stations out of a 500,000 nationwide target has been built under the administration of President Joe Biden’s $7.5 billion plan to combat “climate change.”

The July 3 op-ed by Geoffrey Pohanka, chairman of the Maryland-based car dealership Pohanka Automotive Group, expounded on this “charade” by the federal government. He recalled that his plan was part of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package President Biden signed into law in June.

The package authorized the earmarking of $5 billion for state transportation departments to support the expansion. It also set aside an additional $2.5 billion for grant opportunities to help connect rural and marginalized communities to EVs. (Related: IMPRISONED: Climate police want EV batteries to have less capacity so electric car owners can’t travel very far.)

This investment, according to Pohanka, seeks to install half a million EV chargers along America’s highways by 2030. He added: “A reliable and convenient public EV charging infrastructure is critical to achieving the president’s goal of meeting the recent [Environmental Protection Agency carbon dioxide] emission regulation that requires nearly 72 percent of U.S. new light vehicle sales to be fully electric or plug-in hybrid by 2032.”

“Without diving deeper into the announcement, one would likely assume that $7.5 billion is sufficient to construct the 500,000 charging stations, one every 50 miles along the nation’s highways. To identify the charade, one must first look at the math: 500,000 charging stations, each with a minimum of four chargers, accomplished with an investment of $7.5 [billion].”

Pohanka pointed out that with that amount of money, it would appear that every EV charging station installed would cost only $15,000. But in reality, a single high-capacity charger can cost $100,000 or more – and most stations have multiple chargers.

“We are now in the second year of the program, and only seven stations have been opened so far. At this rate, it will require thousands of years to build all 500,000 charging stations, assuming there are sufficient funds to do so.”

$7.5 billion a MEASLY AMOUNT for half a million EV chargers

According to Pohanka, the U.S. will need 28 million charging ports by 2030 per an estimate by the global consulting firm McKinsey and Company. As of writing, there are just two million charging ports. To reach this ambitious goal, about 12,000 new charging ports – both public and private – need to be added every day.

He also noted that many EV charging stations are now being opened, albeit costing far more than the $15,000 estimate.

“It is true that significantly more government-funded charging stations are in the works and will be opened. The stations completed so far cost significantly more than what has been promised. With retailers contributing land to the projects opened so far, the cost of each station has averaged $1 million, with the government participation of 80 percent of the cost.”

Pohanka continued that $800,000 for each station “is significantly more than the $15,000 committed by the administration” for this endeavor. “At this rate, the 500,000 charging stations will cost the government $400 billion, not the $7.5 billion the president has promised.”

“If the administration is so wrong with this program, one must consider how many government programs designed to bring EVs to the masses are similarly defective.”

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