Joe Biden has made no secret about his desire to "change the entire economy." (Here, here and here.) That's one big reason why he's pushing so hard for electric vehicles. But now Biden is getting some serious pushback.
More than 100 energy, agriculture and farming groups are protesting the Biden Administration's aggressive and unrealistic crackdown on cars and trucks. The presidents of Toyota and Stellantis (what used to be Chrysler) are also criticizing Biden's mad rush to electric vehicles, warning that it won't work and will cause major economic disruptions.
For example, Toyota executives crunched the numbers on the Biden Administration's ideological demands versus reality. Here's what they found:
- To meet the federal [zero-emissions vehicle] sales targets, we must have 1.2 million public chargers by 2030. That amounts to 400 new chargers per day. That's not going to happen.
- We also need more than 300 new lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite mines to meet the anticipated battery demand. But Biden keeps blocking new mining developments. (Here and here.)
- Moreover, "the amount of raw materials in one long-range battery electric vehicle could instead be used to make 6 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or 90 hybrid electric vehicles."
Meanwhile, Biden's got big problems with the United Auto Workers (UAW). The union is so far refusing to endorse Biden because his billions of dollars in subsidies for electric cars hasn't translated into more jobs or better wages for auto workers.
In fact, the Green agenda appears to be destroying blue collar jobs in America. Big corporations are getting billions while they are slashing salaries and opening plants in foreign countries. (Here and here.)
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