Once the ongoing efforts by the legacy media to reassess Democratic front-runner Kamala Harris as a dynamic leader and effective campaigner are over, we will likely enter the stage in the presidential race where we will actually examine her actual track record on key issues.

when — Or, if and when the time comes, the vice president will have a lot to explain on energy policy.

Last week, I outlined some of the radical policies Harris has supported during her time in California and Washington, D.C. Today, I'll talk about her push for electric cars and buses and the escalating bloodbaths it has helped to inflict.

First Harris' speech Vice President Harris spoke to an audience that included Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Maryland officials, and workers at the Brandywine Expressway Maintenance Facility in Brandywine, Maryland on December 13, 2021. During her speech, Vice President Harris gave a strong endorsement of electric vehicles and her administration's plan to dominate the auto market by subsidizing them.

“Pollution from fossil fuel-powered vehicles has long harmed the health of our nation's communities,” Harris said. “But there is a solution to this problem, and it's parked right behind me…electric cars, trucks and buses. They don't emit exhaust fumes that irritate noses and eyes, reduce lung function and increase susceptibility to respiratory disease.”

Harris added: “That means building millions of electric cars, trucks and buses right here at home. That means equipping thousands of EV (electric vehicle) repair shops, like this one. And that means installing a nationwide network of EV chargers.”

The speech came after Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, which includes more than $200 billion in clean energy subsidies. Eight months later, Congress passed the Orwellian-named Stop Inflation Act and $369 billion in similar subsidies.

Three years later, how does that fare for the US? As I pointed out a few weeks ago, all of the pure-play EV manufacturers in the US are now Bankrupt Or on the brink. Ford Reported last week The company's electric vehicle division, the Ford Model e, lost about $50,000 per vehicle sold in the second quarter, its biggest loss ever. This is the company's first quarterly results in over a year. Even Tesla started the year with just two quarters. Disappointing quarterly results As consumer demand for electric vehicles slows sharply. (Related article: 'This is the wrong product': EV executive admits electric pickup trucks aren't profitable)

The Biden-Harris administration's dream of subsidizing the installation of a nationwide network of high-speed EV chargers also failed. The Washington Post others report In April, it was reported that Granholm's Department of Energy had committed a massive $7.5 billion to building 5,000 charging stations across the country, but only seven were operational at the time.

Harris also supports a $5 billion EPA-managed program included in the infrastructure bill to fund the introduction of battery electric buses to eligible school systems across the country. So far, the EPA has Two tranches released Despite receiving $1.9 billion in federal grant funding, the results were disappointing: Of the 389 school districts that received the grant, only 23 reported success in acquiring a total of 60 buses, but 50 of those districts were subsequently removed from consideration for the program.

“EPA expects that the transition to new technology for school buses will take time, which is why the project period is two years, with an option for extension if necessary and justified,” EPA spokeswoman Sheila Powell said.

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The IRA's subsidies for electric city buses have been perhaps the worst waste of money. Electric buses are expensive, require a lot of maintenance, and have a limited range on a single charge. Austin, Texas and Jackson, Wyoming The fleet has given up on switching over. bankruptcy Support from Proterra, the largest and most heavily subsidized electric bus manufacturer, didn't help.

None of the Biden-Harris package of EV-related policies can honestly be called a success, and Harris, as the party's nominee, will have to shoulder a lot of the responsibility — that is, if the media is willing to ask the relevant questions.

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