Biden-Harris Administration Opens Applications for $1.3 Billion in Funding to Continue Expanding National Electric Vehicle Charging Network · Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
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Funding opportunity from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s electric vehicle charging programs builds on the Biden-Harris Administration’s work to expand EV charging infrastructure in communities nationwide.

At one point I thought that if the Government was giving money for EV chargers, they would be either at-cost or free to use.

One of the first built was at a Flying J truck stop in Ohio.

I looked on plug share and found one in Hubbard, OH and it’s 67c per kwh (https://www.plugshare.com/location/582660). The average cost of electricity in that area is less than 15c per kwh. At that kind of price, gas could be a cheaper option.

Why does the government subsidize in a way where already wealthy companies get public money to build chargers, and make a ton more money off the rest of us?

(This is not a political statement at all. I just don’t understand why public money goes to make certain private folks more wealthy. I figure I must be missing something).

Thanks for your thoughts!

  • @Cort
    3•5 months ago

    Downtime or disrepair should have been penalized on subsidized stations to force some reinvestment of those profits I think. Otherwise this whole thing turns into the broadband debacle.

    • @[email protected]
      1•5 months ago

      Any disincentive may act against the core goal, so you have to weigh their value.

      No one wants broken garbage installed, but if they do get installed and can be fixed, youre still farther along the “get infastructure deployed” timeline.