The president is trying to force all American drivers to purchase expensive electric cars many don't need, don't want, and can't afford. He's committing hundreds of billions in taxpayer money on this single technology. He's also costing consumers their right to pick the vehicles they drive., charging stations, batteries, and other handouts. That's more than double the combined market value of the Big Three U.S. automakers.
The batteries for electric cars require an extraordinary amount of specific minerals. Without a lot more mining in the U.S., the costs of these cars are unlikely to fall very far. One study determined that to replace all of the United Kingdom's nearly 32 million cars with electric vehicles would require more of certain specific minerals than are produced worldwide. Converting the entire U.S. fleet of 260 million cars would take about eight times more.
The U.S. has many of those minerals, including in Wyoming. Unfortunately, the Biden administration opposes increased mining on federal lands. Earlier this year, for example, it killed Twin Metals Minnesota's bid to mine copper and nickel. Electric cars need both metals in large amounts.that the material used to produce one long-range electric car could make 90 hybrid electric vehicles that don't require charging.