Sounds like a politically charged nonsense without context. Like 2 years to purchase and deploy a product someone else engineered - sure, I'd expect more. Two years to build a high voltage/current device that is relatively safe for all the brands of stupid the public comes in... Yeah, I sure as hell hope they test and iterate all that engineering before they go to scale. The last thing we need is another idiot attempt to disappear the problems by simply never making a written record, or murdering all the whistleblowers.

[–] IHawkMike@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

I agree as long as the money is actually going toward building out the charging network and not just getting sucked up by corporations like the ISPs that were supposed to improve our network infrastructure.

Although it would be nice for them to let us know what is happening and when we can expect some real improvements. Maybe that info is out there, but I haven't seen it and this biased reporter sure isn't looking to do any real journalism.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

Just Bezos whining that he isn't getting them subsidies.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It reminds me of people blaming a new leader for the problems the old leader created, as of they can be unravelled and resolved in a time short of several years.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago

The program provides funding for states to build charging stations. As of the beginning of the year, half of states hadn't even begun to take bids from contractors. Not like Biden can control that.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/05/congress-ev-chargers-billions-00129996

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago

Considering it's the US, the fact that it produced anything at all could be considered more than than expected

[–] CluelessLemmyng@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Paywall on the article. Does it say why?

[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 20 points 7 months ago

No, it doesn't say why. And it also doesn't actually say Biden spent that money. It says Congress "allocated" $7.5 billion. There are plenty of processes between allocation and actual expenditure that could be holding this up.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 15 points 7 months ago

It prob takes at least 6 months for the money to be available, a bunch of time to figure out land permissions and contracts, time to negotiate with suppliers. 2 years means first stations prob starting to roll out about now.

[–] halferect@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

That's not bad for government work. Since it seems like this money was allocated and given to states to use for charging stations I would expect to see it fully implemented in 20 years.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

President Biden has long vowed to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the United States by 2030.

Those stations, the White House said, would help Americans feel confident purchasing and driving electric cars, and help the country cut carbon pollution.

But now, more than two years after Congress allocated $7.5 billion to help build out those stations, only 7 EV charging stations are operational across four states.

And as the Biden administration rolls out its new rules for emissions from cars and trucks — which will require a lot more electric cars and hybrids on the road — the sluggish build-out could slow the transition to electric cars.

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[–] mister_monster@monero.town 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's because these programs are all designed to embezzle taxpayer money.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It's stupid seeing lowest bidder contractors announcing inafara projects with a finish date of like 3 years into the future for something that could be easily completed in months with proper equipment, personnel, and expertise.

Looking at you, scam road repair companies.