.SenatorFischer: 'For the sake of Americans across the country, this EV mandate is one job President Biden shouldn’t finish.' Read more in the WashTimes Infrastructure special section sponsored Infrastructure2023
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is using its imagination to try to create a world that real Americans don’t even want. In the process, it’s ignoring the difficulties a dramatic federal mandate will pose for infrastructure, energy security, and consumers. Heavy cars like electric vehicles take a toll on our roads and bridges. Their weight pulverizes the road bed, necessitating more maintenance, more upgrades, and more costs. Right now, though, the sale or charging of EVs doesn’t contribute anything to the Highway Trust Fund , which provides 90 percent of federal highway assistance.
Gas-powered cars pay into the HTF, which repairs wear and tear from vehicles on the highway. The HTF exists to fix exactly the type of damage that heavy EVs can cause, so it’s only fair that both gas-powered and electric vehicles contribute to the fund. I plan to introduce a bill soon that would fix this discrepancy.
Another infrastructure challenge created by an EV mandate relates to the power grid. Electric vehicles rely on the electric power grid, and a massive increase in EV use could cause serious issues with the grid. During a heat wave last September,
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