Commentary Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whom some Democrats see as President Joe Biden’s successor, told MSNBC over the weekend that thanks to “incentives that make it more affordable to buy an electric vehicle” in the Build Back Better bill, “families thinking about getting an EV … once they own that electric vehicle, will never have to worry about gas prices again.” Leave aside the fact that the global warming that has inflicted electric cars on the public somehow won’t be mitigating the increased pain of families’ drastically higher heating bills this winter—possibly exceeding rises of 50 percent. And leave aside the fact that the price of electricity is also rising steeply. The makers of electric vehicles themselves—including EV guru Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla—have declared the Democrats’ green transportation bribes to be a politicized sham. Biden’s proposals would augment the current $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit with a $4,500 credit …
Buttigieg To Consumers: Fight Inflation By Spending Tens of Thousands To Buy An Electric Car
December 2, 2021
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