Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg sounded off on 'America Reports' as critics continue to push back on the Biden green vehicle push.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rejected criticism of the Biden administration's push for America to embrace a future where electric vehicles overtake internal combustion engines, comparing the dynamic to that of landline phone loyalists at the dawn of the cellular age. Buttigieg denied such a push is premature, despite critics pointing to the costs of some green vehicles and the lack of technological proliferation to a realistic extent at the moment.
Sometimes when these debates happen, I feel like it's the early 2000s, and I'm talking to some people who think that we can just have landline phones forever.' Buttigieg made a point to highlight an electric vehicle technology race brewing between the United States and China, telling Fox News it is crucial that America stays ahead of China in the manufacturing game.
For his part, Trump blasted the Biden administration's EV push, offering an anecdote about Iowa's bitterly cold winter and claiming 'there were electric cars all over the streets' because their batteries could not handle the -40 degree conditions.
He compared the state of the EV industry to the fledgling petrol-powered car industry of the 1920s. 'e can't afford to fall behind China,' he said. 'Remember, the number one way that we have supported EVs is by making them more affordable. That's what those tax credits are about, and that's one of the reasons why you've seen the prices get closer and closer to parity, so more Americans can save both buying an EV and then the savings that tend to come with owning one.
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