Is NEVI dead?

[Texas Dan]

NEVI was just getting started. All those blank spaces you see on the charging maps, NEVI would have filled those in. Now it looks like we are all dependent on Musk’s altruism.

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[GDN]

The sheer number of people upset on this forum that Ford took so long to get them their promised Tesla adapter and those with stories about what they've done with the adapter they have received and how it made their travel easier/better is all you need to know about the status of charging in the US.

 

[husky10101]

NEVI was just getting started. All those blank spaces you see on the charging maps, NEVI would have filled those in. Now it looks like we are all dependent on Musk’s altruism.

Just getting started, this started in 2021! Now it is 2025!

 

[luebri]

Just getting started, this started in 2021! Now it is 2025!

The hilarity is the supporters of NEVI made nothing but excuses for how slow the rollout was instead of actually putting the last administration’s feet to the fire to actually make progress. It was not hard to predict that if they lost the White House this would get dragged thru the mud and stopped or slowed even further

 

[Texas Dan]

The hilarity is the supporters of NEVI made nothing but excuses for how slow the rollout was instead of actually putting the last administration’s feet to the fire to actually make progress. It was not hard to predict that if they lost the White House this would get dragged thru the mud and stopped or slowed even further

The hilarity is actually that people think an EV hater in the White House and a turn coat EV billionaire is a good thing for EV adoption and EV charging infrastructure development. We are all going to pay the price of this disaster.

 

[luebri]

The hilarity is actually that people think an EV hater in the White House and a turn coat EV billionaire is a good thing for EV adoption and EV charging infrastructure development. We are all going to pay the price of this disaster.

I could literally not care less if EV adoption rate is 1% or 99%. I want my taxes lower.

But back to the point, why no finger pointing at the last regime for not operating this program with any level of efficiency?

 

[Texas Dan]

I could literally not care less if EV adoption rate is 1% or 99%. I want my taxes lower.

But back to the point, why no finger pointing at the last regime for not operating this program with any level of efficiency?

You are really going to need those lower taxes to help pay for higher commodity prices caused by tariffs and government mismanagement.

 

[kss1dvr]

I could literally not care less if EV adoption rate is 1% or 99%. I want my taxes lower.

But back to the point, why no finger pointing at the last regime for not operating this program with any level of efficiency?

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[Firn]

But back to the point, why no finger pointing at the last regime for not operating this program with any level of efficiency?

plenty of finger pointing, but folks also realize that money isn't milk that goes bad and gets thrown away, and that when building an architecture to last 20 years there is little difference in it getting done in 1 or, or 4.

 

[luebri]

plenty of finger pointing, but folks also realize that money isn't milk that goes bad and gets thrown away, and that when building an architecture to last 20 years there is little difference in it getting done in 1 or, or 4.

Stagnant money is wasted money. Money should always be working for whomever possesses it.

 

[Henry Ford]

The sheer number of people upset on this forum that Ford took so long to get them their promised Tesla adapter and those with stories about what they've done with the adapter they have received and how it made their travel easier/better is all you need to know about the status of charging in the US.

Tesla opened up use of its chargers because it wanted access to IRA money. What influence did Elon Musk have in the executive order specifically targeting Tesla's competition? Nobody knows. What influence did Elon Musk have in tariff threats that would disproportionately affect Tesla's competition? Nobody knows.

Is NEVI a boondoggle? Maybe. It's hard to take the government at it's word though when it's most influential advisor has interests in direct opposition to the American public.

 

[luebri]

Tesla opened up use of its chargers because it wanted access to IRA money.

simply not true, the opening of existing NACS V3 has nothing to do with IRA / NEVI.

Maybe there were some other government programs that involved (very little evidence I’ve seen substantiating that claim) related to opening NACS up but not NEVI which is initially all for new installs. Magic docks different story.

in Wisconsin only 2 stations were granted as part of. Round 1 NEVI for planned Magic Dock installs, no existing installs qualify.

 

[Firn]

Stagnant money is wasted money. Money should always be working for whomever possesses it.

That's just the ingrained US consumerism, that if you have money you need to be spending it, and if you are not then you are wasting it.

That money isn't NOT working, the Feds didn't send gold bars to the states and now it's sitting in a warehouse somewhere. It's an allocation, not a physical item.

 

[Henry Ford]

simply not true, the opening of existing NACS V3 has nothing to do with IRA / NEVI.

Tesla will open some of its fast chargers, which had been exclusive to its customers, to all electric vehicles by the end of next year, the Biden administration said on Wednesday as it announced a broad effort to improve charging and encourage more people to buy battery-powered vehicles.

 

[luebri]

Tesla will open some of its fast chargers, which had been exclusive to its customers, to all electric vehicles by the end of next year, the Biden administration said on Wednesday as it announced a broad effort to improve charging and encourage more people to buy battery-powered vehicles.

Paywall. Cant read, but my understanding is that agreement was for Magic Docks and outside of the IRA/NEVI and also not related to NACS access via adapter. If im wrong, on that I appreciate you educating me on the matter.

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