America's EV Transformation is in peril

This is one of the organizations that I participate in. It came across as an email, but hopefully the links are active. Let me know if anybody needs any more data.

Action Alert: Today marks a pivotal point in driving EV adoption forward

DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY AUG. 4

Dear EAA Members & Newsletter Subscribers, In March, President Biden put forward a bold plan to invest $174B to electrify the nation’s transportation system through electric vehicle (EV) rebates, charging, and electric transit fleets. Unfortunately, this has now been cut to $5B and the EV purchase incentive has been eliminated. This imperils EV adoption and puts our battle against climate change in jeopardy. However, with your help, we can encourage Congress to use funding from a reconciliation bill to add $164B for EVs. There is still time to accelerate the transition to clean, healthy transportation. Please join the Electric Auto Association and Plug In America in sending a letter urging Congressional leadership by Aug. 4.

CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TODAY

You can also add your support to the discussion by calling your member of Congress and asking them to increase their support of EVs. You can find your representative's name and phone number here.

Sincerely,

Electric Auto Association

Support the work of the Electric Auto Association today as we work with EV allies to significantly move the adoption of EVs forward. SUPPORT OUR EV ADVOCACY EFFORTS

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neomaxcom

Aug 05, 2021

And Dan, you are entitled to your opinion but, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan added, you are not entitled to your own facts. The fact is EV subsidies will accelerate broad adoption of electrified vehicles more rapidly in the short to medium term.

neomaxcom

Aug 06, 2021

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@Dan Roberts First, we are all complicit in the existential crisis we seem to barreling toward in terms of climate. Raw capitalism has known the earth was undergoing increasingly unwelcome climate changes due to elevation of the levels of Co2 since the Carter administration in the 1970s ...

but then Reagan won. With an ally in the white house, the multinational oil industry - you know the purpose of the OPEC cartel is to fix prices. In a macro kind of way, it is certainly convenient that a foreign sovereign has 'control' of the world oil price. Some folks on this side of the pond are very chummy with those on that side but you have to know those on that side call the shots in those relationships. Their goal is to use their power to keep making more money for as long as they can ... and delay is their game.

Externalizing the unbanking of untold trillions of tons of Co2, the bulk of the current accumulation comes from the last 50 years - when we all knew of the problem. So, the slow dance.

Consider the national interest, How the hell is having a multi-national industry led by autocratic regime that controls a cartel that sets the price of a commodity that is used to literally move society. That seems to be one of the paths being presented.

That said, every percent gain by EVs in the overall car market, up to and over 50 percent by 2030, is a win for the home team.