I have a hard time believing any news on this site. Biden could be trying to get more but who knows what his opposition is doing. Are the Republicans stopping him or is he just spewing lies?
We really need more information for a post like this.
Nigro says that the process — states have to submit plans to the Biden administration for approval, solicit bids on the work, and then award funds — has taken much of the first two years since the funding was approved. “I expect it to go much faster in 2024,” he added.
“We are building a national EV charging network from scratch, and we want to get it right,” a spokesperson for the Federal Highway Administration said in an email. “After developing program guidance and partnering with states to guide implementation plans, we are hitting our stride as states move quickly to bring NEVI stations online.”
They aren’t just writing blank checks with no oversight and no reporting on the outcome of what happens with that money? What kind of government are they running!?
Eh, I think this is excusing too much. There’s a lot of territory between “writing blank checks with no oversight and reporting” and “a process so anal, only 7 EV chargers are built nationwide over two years”.
The way to get charging right is to just build a ton and figure out what works by what gets used. No amount of studying and planning is going to get a charging network right the first try.
I have a hard time believing any news on this site. Biden could be trying to get more but who knows what his opposition is doing. Are the Republicans stopping him or is he just spewing lies?
We really need more information for a post like this.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/05/congress-ev-chargers-billions-00129996
A little older, but gives more of an overview. A lot of it is tied up in state reluctance to implement.
They aren’t just writing blank checks with no oversight and no reporting on the outcome of what happens with that money? What kind of government are they running!?
Eh, I think this is excusing too much. There’s a lot of territory between “writing blank checks with no oversight and reporting” and “a process so anal, only 7 EV chargers are built nationwide over two years”.
Maybe they finally learned from the fiasco of the rural broadband subsidies.
The way to get charging right is to just build a ton and figure out what works by what gets used. No amount of studying and planning is going to get a charging network right the first try.
It’s more about bureaucratic inefficiency than political opposition. Common story in US infrastructure.
The money was allocated but isn’t yet gone. Private industry hasn’t spent what was allocated
The actual article has a lot more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/03/28/ev-charging-stations-slow-rollout/