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August 30, 2024

Title: Are Electric Vehicles Worth the Cost?
Topic: Electric Vehicles

Discussed by Dr. Jonathan Lesser
with National Center for Energy Analytics (www.energyanalytics.org/)

Has our government overlooked the enormous physical and economic challenges of attempting to rapidly replicate the fueling convenience of today’s gasoline distribution system with an electric charging cord and plug?

New guest Dr. Jonathan Lesser is a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics and the President of Continental Economics.  Dr. Lesser has over thirty-five years of experience working and consulting for regulated utilities and government.

Today, Dr. Lesser discusses his latest report: “Infrastructure Requirements for the Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles”. 

Questions/Issues Discussed:

America is a mobile society and the automobile has been a huge part of that. Has this transformation been a good or bad thing?

How many retail gas stations and gas pump nozzles are currently in the US? Dr. Lesser discusses what will need to be done to transform them to electric charging stations and the massive inconvenience this will cause for every person who owns a vehicle.

What are the mandates requiring all new vehicles sales to be electric beginning in 2035?

Do the majority of Americans want electric vehicles?

How will the EV mandate affect our homes? What is the estimated cost for each family to have a charging station in their home? Dr. Lesser explains that the majority homes (especially older homes) are not built with the capability to charge an EV and how costly it will be for millions of people to replace the current electric panel. This does not even include the outrageous costs for the electric company and home builders!

Has the government considered the extreme financial burden that mandating EVs will place on families?

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