White House Keeps Suggesting Electric Vehicles as Fix for Record Gas Prices

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Amid continually increasing gas prices, White House officials have continually recommended that Americans feeling pain at the pump should switch to electric vehicles.

During a live streaming event this week, the Biden administrationโ€™s energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, said a way to deal with $5 per gallon gas is to purchase an electric vehicle.

โ€œIf you filled up your EV [electric vehicle] and you filled up your gas tank with gasoline, you would save $60 per fill-up by going electric rather than using gasoline, but itโ€™s a very compelling case,โ€ she said in a clip circulated by Republicans on social media on June 14. โ€œBut again, we want to bring down the price at the point of purchase.โ€

Her comments received significant criticism from Republican lawmakers and conservatives on social media, who accused Granholm, a former Michigan governor, of being out of touch. Last year, Granholm sold millions of dollars in stock options from Proterraโ€”a company that manufactures electric buses.

โ€œIf you drive an electric car, this would not be affecting you,โ€ she said in May 2021 in reference to the elevated gas prices.

Several weeks ago, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted electric vehicles to a House panel amid increasing gas prices and GOP concerns that motorists in rural areas wonโ€™t benefit from more federal spending on electric vehicles.

โ€œIt is actually rural drivers who would benefit the most,โ€ Buttigieg said in May. โ€œThe more they drive, typically, the more of their income is going to gas, so the more money they are going to save if they can afford an electric vehicle, which allows them to fill up on electrons.โ€

Last year, Buttigieg drew criticism for telling families who are struggling with high gas prices to buy an electric vehicle, because if they do, theyโ€™ll โ€œnever have to worry about gas prices again.โ€

By Jack Phillips

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