Summary
The General Services Administration (GSA) is removing all EV chargers from federal properties, citing that they are “not mission-critical.”
The move aligns with Trump’s broader rollback of green energy initiatives, including efforts to override California’s EV mandates.
The GSA will also phase out electric vehicles purchased under the Biden administration. Critics see this as part of a broader GOP effort against clean energy.
The decision comes as Trump also pauses $3 billion in public EV charger funding.
Why even remove them? Sell or lease them to a company that maintains them.
Malicious, vindictive bullshit. That’s what this is.
Also a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Better get DOGE on it!!! 🥴
Same reason why Reagan ripped the White House’s solar panels out that Carter had installed.
The GOP is a party of hate and spite to disguise stealing money to give to the wealthy.
Regan is a monster, that was at least while the roof was being resurfaced and they just didn’t put them back. They were just water heaters anyway, not photovoltaics.
This is solely spending more money to remove freshly installed government equipment for no reason.
But wasting money removing something already paid for and done, that employees rely on and costs basically nothing, is “mission critical?” Idk. Seems kinda… Inefficient.
Being a petty ass bitch isn’t about efficiency.
Hmm, I wonder if President Musk will veto this one…
Like when reagan had the solar panels removed off the white house.
You know who I don’t like? That Trump dude.
He seems like such a buffalo humper. And I can’t stand anyone who humps buffalo.
Well this is gonna hurt Tesla’s stock more
trump kneeling to his oil-conglomerate-owning masters. Fucking pathetic.
So Tesla’s are not missing critical? How does that work?
They will be replaced with nothing but Tesla chargers…and the maga fucks will call it a victory.
That would be ok if they did that. Tesla chargers are now the “NACS” North American Charging Standard, and should be common on 2025 and later EV models from other manufacturers. That said I’m guessing this will be more like the solar panels on the White House that Reagan removed when he moved in.
This very much annoys me. I am a left leaning libertarian (so probably considered Center Right), and this is stupid. Waste of money and labor. I am not really for the EV mandates because I respect a free market. But oil is heavily subsidized and thus not a free market, so charging infrastructure should get the same benefit to allow consumers to decide what works best for them. If low energy prices are a priority as their lip service indicates, then all forms should be treated equally. Government doesn’t get decide winners and losers. Lobbying is corruption.
I love my plug in hybrid. I would love to be able to charge at work. I also love gas and diesel, but I want to see where hydrogen and other cleaner combustion options can go for environmental reasons. Level playing fields is the main reason for Governments to exist.
