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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg admits finding reliable EV charging stations is DIFFICULT

September 15, 2023 - charging stations do the job over several hours, but only around 34,000 – roughly 22 percent – are fast chargers that can do the job between 20 minutes and one hour.

Brent Gruber, executive director for EV practice at consumer intelligence firm J.D. Power, said nearly half of prospective EV drivers cited a lack of public chargers as the top reason they decided against a purchase. Given this, the U.S. government has announced a $100 million effort to "upgrade" ...

EV owners complain about “logistical nightmare” caused by lack of charging stations

March 01, 2023 - charging stations far away from home.

Owners have noted that charging stations, especially in rural areas, are fewer and far between than those located in more urban areas.

"We're going through the planning process of how easily Maddie can get from Albany to [Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania] and where she can charge her car," said Hammes in an interview with ABC News. "It makes me a little nervous. We want fast chargers that take 30 to 40 minutes ...

Illinois bills seek to require EV charging stations in new and renovated homes

February 16, 2023 - charging stations," he said. "For every $1,000 price increase on a home, you knock out 6,000 buyers."

He further pointed out that different EVs require different setups and that these stations are not universal in use or price. According to Energy.gov, the standard for charging is a 110-volt outlet, but other vehicles like Tesla uses 220-volt outlets. This would surely increase the cost between a 110 outlet and a 220 outlet.EVs drive spike in electricity ...

Limited EV charging stations in Europe prompts company providing them to charge OVERTIME FEES

July 22, 2024 -

Watts Up With That (WUWT) reported, citing an article by German EV news outlet Elektroauto-News, that charging station operator Allego is now levying an extra fee for users whose EVs take too long to charge. The move, according to the German outlet, aims for "fairer distribution."

Allego's so-called "blocking fee" at all its fast EV chargers in Europe went into effect on July 1. According to the company, the introduction of the fee is necessary to ensure fair and timely ...

New Illinois law mandates electric vehicle charging stations in all new and renovated homes

June 20, 2023 -

This is after the passage of Senate Bill 40, known as the "Electric Vehicle Charging Act," which was introduced by Democratic State Sen. Sara Feigenholtz supposedly to strengthen the state's commitment to having at least one million EVs on the road by 2030. (Related: Illinois bills seek to require EV charging stations in new and renovated homes.)

The bill requires new single-family or small multi-family residences to have at least one EV-capable parking space for ...

Sustainable energy? Individual EV charging stations use equivalent power of 280 homes every single hour

November 20, 2023 - charging stations, especially when considering the fact that a bulk of the so-called "green" energy they produce still comes from coal- and diesel-powered plants.

Other forms of "green" energy such as wind and solar are also not nearly as clean as claimed. Wind farms are decimating wildlife and biodiversity at an astounding rate while solar panels require extensive mining for rare-earth minerals in places like China and Africa where child slaves, oftentimes, are ...

Despite BILLIONS of taxpayer money spent, the Biden administration has only built SEVEN new EV charging stations

May 16, 2024 -

Yet, the federal government has only been able to build seven EV charging stations and 38 parking spaces for EVs out of the $7.5 billion allocated to help build those stations out of a targeted 500,000 new charging stations built by 2030.

This inefficiency fueled public frustration over tax expenditures and government mismanagement – highlighting the challenge of building a nationwide EV charging network.

When President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan ...

HYPOCRITES: Climate change conference will use coal-powered charging stations and diesel generators to charge electric vehicles

October 28, 2021 - charging stations are powered at least partially by coal.

The arrival of the 240 electric vehicles to be used by COP26 VIPs will only make the demand for electric vehicle charging infrastructure surge. To make sure that the vehicles of the heads of state and their delegations have power at all times, the electric vehicle fleet has to be recharged using diesel generators.

A spokesman for COP26 has admitted that the diesel generators will be necessary, but ...

Op-ed: Only 7 EV charging stations out of 500,000 nationwide target built under Biden admin’s $7.5B plan

July 12, 2024 - charging stations, one every 50 miles along the nation's highways. To identify the charade, one must first look at the math: 500,000 charging stations, each with a minimum of four chargers, accomplished with an investment of $7.5 [billion]."

Pohanka pointed out that with that amount of money, it would appear that every EV charging station installed would cost only $15,000. But in reality, a single high-capacity charger can cost $100,000 or more – and most ...

Tesla drivers in NYC grapple with long waiting times due to lack of fast charging stations for EVs

January 25, 2024 -

According to the Daily Express, Tesla Superchargers are designed to be the fastest charging option away from home. The stations boast of the ability to charge a vehicle for up to 200 miles in just 15 minutes. However, the growing number of Tesla EVs on NYC's roads has highlighted the inadequacy of the current charging infrastructure.

The limited availability of these fast charging stations in multiple boroughs, including Brooklyn and Queens, has led to persistently ...

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Secret CCP “police stations” discovered in LA, NYC

December 08, 2022 -

In a Dec. 5 update to its earlier findings, nonprofit Safeguard Defenders revealed the existence of 48 new overseas police stations tied to Beijing – with two previously unknown facilities in LA and NYC among the new discoveries. All in all, the group discovered more than 100 such outposts spread out across 53 countries across the globe.

According to Safeguard Defenders, these facilities have been used by the CCP to carry out a campaign of repression aimed at dissidents....

Ukrainian drones conduct explosive attacks on Russian power stations

April 19, 2023 -

Stunning footage that was taken overnight showed how the bombing of the power station sites in the city of Belgorod in the Belgorod Oblast (region) created a massive inferno that spiraled high into the night sky. The alleged Ukrainian drone strikes targeted a crucial substation in Belgorod city's Igumenka suburb and in the nearby village of Dragunskoe.

"In Belgorod and the Belgorod region, two fires were recorded at civilian facilities," said Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav ...

TV stations in Maine censor stories about global warming

November 01, 2006 - TV stations in Maine censor stories about global warming

Wednesday, November 01, 2006 by: Jerome DouglasTags: censorship, global warming, media biasPalmer recently told his joint staff via email that when "Bar Harbor is underwater, then we can do global warming stories." Palmer then added, "Until then, no more."The email message Palmer sent to his staff during this last summer ended up in the hands of the New York Times. One of Palmer's former staff members confirmed ...