The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act earmarks $16 million this year to construct public electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state. | Gustavo Fring/Pexels
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act earmarks $16 million this year to construct public electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state. | Gustavo Fring/Pexels
The Biden Administration continues to take steps every day to increase the production of electric vehicles (EVs), gaining support from left-leaning leaders. However, a new national survey shows American voters do not believe high gas prices should be solved by buying more EVs. By a 55% to 38% margin, voters disagree with the idea of encouraging more EVs to solve gas prices, including 56% of moderates and 67% of conservatives.
The Senate Opportunity Fund (SOF) ran a poll, conducted March 15-17, stating most Americans do not believe that buying EVs is the solution to rising gas prices with 800 respondents likely to vote in the general election.
When posed with the EV question, 55% of Americans did not believe buying EVs will alleviate mounting gas prices, 38% did believe in that notion and 8% had no opinion on the matter.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, gasoline is leading the rise of inflation with gas alone up 38% from the previous year.
The Hill reported that Democrats have pounced on the ongoing energy problems to call for more EVS with President Biden’s executive order, last year, calling for half of all new cars sold in 2030 to be zero-emissions vehicles, along with the development of half a million electric vehicle charging stations.
Michigan Democratic senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters stated in February that the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would earmark $16 million this year to construct public electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state.
“Electric vehicles are a key part of our clean energy future and the best way to stop paying high gas prices," said Stabenow. "But you can’t drive one without access to convenient charging stations. This investment will help make sure we have public charging stations across Michigan so that it’s easier for people to drive the electric vehicles being made here in Michigan.”
The White House announced in a March news release that VinFast had plans for North Carolina.
"Today’s announcement that the electric vehicle maker VinFast will build an electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility in North Carolina – $4 billion to create more than 7,000 jobs and hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles and batteries – is the latest example of my economic strategy at work," President Biden added.
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