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Pete Buttigieg Struggles to Find Reliable
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Posted By: Imright, 9/14/2023 8:49:15 AM

United States Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, an ardent proponent of electric vehicles (EVs), admitted he has trouble finding reliable electric vehicle charging stations while he is traveling on the road. Buttigieg complained to the Wall Street Journal about public EV charging stations as President Joe Biden’s administration launched an effort to revamp the more than 6,000 charging stations that are “temporarily unavailable.” “We’ve definitely had that experience,” Buttigieg said about pulling into EV charging stations, only to realize they are out of service. “Matter of fact, had it just a few days ago at a park in town.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: NorthernDog 9/14/2023 9:02:29 AM (No. 1555834)
There would be privately owned EV charging stations popping up everywhere if demand was there. But it currently requires government largess to provide just a few - and they are apparently poorly maintained.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Krause 9/14/2023 9:03:16 AM (No. 1555835)
Well, with Joe and Pete on the job you know it’ll be accomplished pronto! ‘Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to eff things up.’
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Lawsy0 9/14/2023 9:07:09 AM (No. 1555839)
Pete should know you never count your money while you're sitting at the table. I hope he waits a long time before the ICE limo gets to him with a tow truck. I love how my little Hyundai gets sneers and jeers--as I quickly drive past. (Hope his "milk" doesn't dry up.)
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Reply 4 - Posted by: john56 9/14/2023 9:18:27 AM (No. 1555845)
Mayor Pete would struggle with finding his behind with both hands.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Peregrine 9/14/2023 9:21:27 AM (No. 1555847)
Charging stations will become as obsolete as hitching posts.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Mcscow sailor 9/14/2023 9:21:50 AM (No. 1555848)
Peter who? The one who is so deftly managing the pending uaw strike? How did we ever build out the booming gas car years without Granholm, without DOE, without Perry, without the Gov building out gasoline stations and refineries?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Mcscow sailor 9/14/2023 9:22:42 AM (No. 1555849)
Refer to post 3. Petey probably left the station in a gov helicopter
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Reply 8 - Posted by: snakeoil 9/14/2023 9:27:17 AM (No. 1555853)
Are there EV charging stations on private planes?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: dtbktb57 9/14/2023 10:11:16 AM (No. 1555883)
For cross country trips, EV owners should start using a Pony Express model and preposition freshly charged vehicles every 200 miles.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: chance_232 9/14/2023 10:25:23 AM (No. 1555889)
Oh…… this is nothing that several hundred billion of tax payer funded loans can’t resolve……/S/
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 9/14/2023 10:36:06 AM (No. 1555901)
Even if you find one, you'll wait in line, possibly for many hours, and then your charging, depending on how much charge you get ....more hours. Meanwhile, everyone knows that there are millions of gas stations and fillups take ten minutes or even less sometimes.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 9/14/2023 10:40:00 AM (No. 1555906)
Not ready for prime time. Both EVs and Pete Butt.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 9/14/2023 10:41:20 AM (No. 1555908)
The reason businesses don't pop up with charging stations is that since it takes >30 minutes for every customer. The station can't sell enough electricity to pay for the charger station and make a profit, unless they charge a lot more per charge. In comparison a gas station can service dozens of customers and sell way more energy in that same 30 mins so the amount they need to charge per customer is much less.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: mc squared 9/14/2023 10:59:38 AM (No. 1555924)
Remember when we had pay phones (and booths) on every corner? How many of them didn't work and were turned into 'Urban Art'? I can't wait.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Bur Oak 9/14/2023 11:40:13 AM (No. 1555935)
Coming next will be a government handout of a few billion dollars to pay for charging stations.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: John Moses Browning 9/14/2023 12:18:22 PM (No. 1555948)
#4, Chasten knows where it is.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: JimBob 9/15/2023 12:54:05 AM (No. 1556254)
Tell Butt-gig to stick that plug up his backside orifice. Apparently plenty of other things have been there.
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