Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said the U.S. is “not ready” to deal with an influx of used electric vehicle (EV) batteries when they start to retire en masse in the coming decades. At the moment, she is right.The Republican made the comment in a tweet on September 9, in response to an article in The Epoch Times that referred to electric vehicles as “ticking time bombs” and stated that millions will be set to retire by 2030.
A Pew Research poll in May showed that Republicans or people who leaned Republican were far more likely to oppose electric vehicle incentives than Democrats or people who leaned Democrat—53 percent to 15 percent, respectively.Electric cars do not last forever, and their use has skyrocketed over the past decade. According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global EV Outlook 2022 report, in 2012 just 120,000 electric cars were sold…
MTG Is Right—the U.S. Is Not Ready for a Surge in Electric Car Batteries
