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The Daily Mail reports:
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has butted heads with Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. over the Biden Administration’s costly electric vehicle program. President-elect Donald Trump is being pushed to reverse Biden’s “radical” electric vehicle (EV) policies within the first 100 days he’s back in the White House.
Buttigieg, Don Jr. and Musk got into a spat over the program after the president-elect’s son commented on the transportation secretary’s legacy. “Does not seem like a great return on investment… but hey he checked a woke box so it’s totally worth it,” Don Jr. said as he re-shared another tweet that claimed $7.5 billion had been spent on just eight charging stations.
Buttigieg replied, “The tweet you quoted is false. To start with, $7.5B has not been spent, nor anything like that. That’s the entire program budget for the NEVI program, which is to help build out a national charging network by 2030.”
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The tweet you quoted is false.
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) November 25, 2024
Well, please post the rebuttal. Then, Community Notes will take care of the rest.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2024
To start with, $7.5B has not been spent, nor anything like that. That’s the entire program budget for the NEVI program, which is to help build out a national charging network by 2030.
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) November 26, 2024
Secondly, there are chargers now operational in nine states (which does not mean 9 chargers, to be clear). These are only the first handful though. Most are to be built in the 2nd half of the decade.
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) November 26, 2024
Third, in this program the chargers are built by the states, not the federal government. And while it takes time to get a novel multi-billion dollar program going across 50 states, the states are on track. https://t.co/Sf0hkzBLyn
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) November 26, 2024
Shut his ass up real quick lol pic.twitter.com/3BdOLHRn1n
— Hutch (@hutchinson) November 26, 2024
the fact that trump jrs. post was able to get millions of views and shares while pete’s factual corrections get lost in the mix is exactly why Elon has ruined this website
— Junior Lopez (@JuicyJunior77) November 26, 2024
This is helpful to understand
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 26, 2024
Will you be helping facilitate a community note on don jr’s tweet then?
— Danke chains (@DANKCHAINS) November 26, 2024
Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 BILLION to build 8 EV charging stations.
His legacy will be squandering billions on something nobody wants, while millions struggle to afford the things they need. pic.twitter.com/iIQzvkPfTJ
— Michael Rulli (@michaelrulli) November 24, 2024