Energy exec on Jennifer Granholm's EV road trip gone bad: Americans don't 'need' it
Family called cops on Biden’s energy secretary for blocking charging station spots
Americans want choice when it comes to getting behind the wheel, according to one oil industry executive.
It demonstrates the importance of the role of consumer choice here for many Americans," American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers said on "The Evening Edit" Monday in response to a Biden energy secretary's electric vehicle road trip gone bad.
"And it might make sense, but for most Americans who have to travel long distances to get to work and to school, an EV at this point just doesn't quite have the technology that Americans want or need," he continued.
Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm had a rocky electric vehicle tour that included a confrontation with a family who called the police on her staff over a charging station standoff.
Granholm’s staff got into a tiff with an unhappy family earlier this summer after her team tried to hold an electric vehicle charging spot by parking a gas car there, according to NPR. With a baby in the vehicle on a hot summer’s day, the family reportedly decided to call the authorities.
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"We're now down to the lowest [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] levels that we have since 1984. And here's the problem," Sommers explained. "We use 20% more oil today than we did in 1984. We're at about a 13-day use of oil left in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Here's the answer: we need to unlock American resources."
The Department of Energy told Fox News Digital in a statement on Monday: "For over a decade, while our global competitors geared up for the clean energy transition, America lagged behind. Now, with President Biden’s historic Investing in America agenda we have over $7 billion to build out convenient and reliable EV charging infrastructure, a portion of which is already awarded to every state, D.C. and Puerto Rico. The private sector is following suit with equally ambitious investments – growing our workforce and keeping money in the pockets of hardworking Americans."
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