Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption

"Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman accused President Biden of being “willing to sacrifice the American auto industry and its workers in service of its radical green agenda."

I mean we could try and transition workers from a more negative industry type to a positive one...but that seems like a lot of work and less profitable, so never mind.

Jesus, what a stupid fucking hill to die on. Republicans never cease to amaze and appall.

Are we in a "free market" or we not? The answer is "depends on what lobbyists want."

It’s too late. We’ve already hit the tipping point. Many of my neighbors have EVs now. They’re everywhere in my city and I’m not in a major city. They’re just plain better cars and now people know it. It’s too late.

Congratulations, Elon. This is who you hitched your ugly Cybertruck wagon to.

All that we want to do is see to it that we live another 100 years is that so god damn polarizing?!?!

This is why I can't be friends with conservatives of any degree. People always want to say "it's just politics," but it has gone beyond that for so fucking long that it's not even a discussion I'm willing to have anymore.

In a statement, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman accused President Biden of being “willing to sacrifice the American auto industry and its workers in service of its radical green agenda.”

If you look up the 10 most "Made in America" cars, the top 4 slots by a huge margin are Tesla Model 3,Y,S,X , which are all EVs, and they are at near 100% (or 100% for some models). There isn't another American car brand on the list. So when Coleman is talking about sacrificing American auto workers, who's he talking about? A car that is 40% American because all the parts are made in China or Mexico and there's some final assembly done in the USA?

P.S. Musk is an idiot, though I'm not sure that needs to be said anymore as its so obvious.

What’s the plan if we run out of oil? I mean seriously, it’s gonna happen eventually. Even if you want to ignore the science on climate change, you can’t ignore basic laws of the universe that oil is a finite resource. If we don’t have a plan for when it runs out, there will be utter chaos.

So there are politicans who really believe that climate change is a conspiracy? Or they just don't care for the future?

Inb4 "both parties are the same".

While I hate stuff like these rollbacks, we are already starting to see EVs save people money on gas and service, and they are stupidly fast compared to ICE counterparts. That's something Americans of all stripes can get behind.

Once I tried an ebike, I realized I never wanted to go back to gas engines. So fast, so much torque, and pennies to charge vs $70 gas tanks at Costco (even more at a normal gas station). It just makes economic sense to run PEVs in all major urban areas in addition to mass transit.

With traffic and some protected bike lanes, even a conventional bike can almost beat a car in a 7-14 mile drive in my city. An ebike makes it even easier.

Surely the oil and energy companies have their own investments into renewables. I can't imagine why Rs would die on this hill except for their little culture war.

I like it much better when Republicans stick to pushing for things that are just useless rather than destructive.

republicans are raping the planet.

The cybertruck can go, sure, but let the rest be

You misspelled Russians.

I take that back, you spelled Russians correctly.

Fuck them

This is republican assholes wanting to protect their oil wealth. Has nothing to do with workers.

Imagine actively destroying the place your kids live to get more money. They’re psychopaths

Have they tried helping Lower Gas Prices or are they just trying to make owning EVs Illegal like TRUE Small Government, Free Market Leaders would?

Look up thos congresspersons' donor history

Bet my bottom dollar they're getting donations from groups that tie back to the auto industry

Get the fucking money out of politics

Why wouldn't they? They are, after all, the craven whores who thirst for corporate donor cock.

Cmon go so far right you hit the left and start advocating for public transit and improved mixed use infrastructure to "own the libs"

Is this why Elon is working so hard to run Tesla into the ground? 5d chess, something something...

NEWS FLASH: GOP Still Shameless Liars!

The weird part is, when you actually talk to a Conservative irl, they don't care about EVs. Sure they might not like them—they might even think they're a Political scheme or whatever. But they at least understand that there are more important things happening. Politicians failure to represent their user base's viewpoint in the US is always astounding.

EVs are being built to save the car industry not the planet. I'll probably get an electric vehicle once the kinks get worked out but I know how the materials are acquired and what happens when the batteries can't hold a charge. It's a baby step but definitely shouldn't be stopped from evolving.

lol, looks like Elon Fuck’s brown nosing has failed miserably.

That would be fine if they were trying to reverse ALL personal vehicle adoption, but nooo.

The problem with this is that this will encourage Canada to do the same, like the good little brother it is, and we'll get fucked along with y'all -_-

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Republican lawmakers are attempting to overturn the twin pillars of the Biden administration’s climate platform: tax credits for electric vehicles and the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules to curb tailpipe emissions.

The effort involves new bills introduced by members of Congress, as well as lawsuits filed by state attorneys general, all with the goal of rolling back the minimal progress made by the Biden administration to reduce the share of planet-warming carbon emissions produced by the automotive sector.

Last month, 25 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit intended to overturn the EPA’s recently finalized tailpipe rules aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2032.

In a statement, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman accused President Biden of being “willing to sacrifice the American auto industry and its workers in service of its radical green agenda.”

In the final guidance, some automakers that have EV battery packs with imperceptible trace amounts of minerals like graphite that originate from China or other “foreign entities of concern” now have a two-year extension to fully adhere to the Inflation Reduction Act.

During the run-up to the November election, Republican politicians, led by former President Donald Trump, have seized on electric vehicles as a wedge issue in the ongoing culture wars.

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Republicans don't pull out

That's all great, but the real thing that will stop it is economics. We have a PHEV and I calculated it out and we pay $8 per gallon equivalent compared to $5.50 for regular gas. That's a pretty big difference. Right now we ignore the EV part of the vehicle. (Live in California and I pay $0.50/kwh.)

We're planning on getting solar shortly and that may make it feasible, but until then, it's not.

what State's have battery fabs? not KY, obviously - but, others, presumably?

A car still a car. Fuck cars. Yes, EVs too.

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IMO: If your post contains Political views and Technology, than then it should be posted in Politics and not Technology.

This is only a concern for EV companies. The environmental impact of these subsidies and regulations is nill

Good, the taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing rich peoples tech toys.

Honestly, dumping tons of money into tech that has so many problems may not he the best idea.