What a Long, Strange and Unsatisfying EV Trip It’s Been
null By James FreemanOct. 19, 2023 5:17 pm ETSecretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg charge an electric vehicle in Takoma Park, Maryland in 2021. Photo: michael reynolds/ShutterstockIt’s a hard life on the road, especially when the journey involves politically correct transportation. Regular readers are familiar with the travails of Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg as they have bravely attempted to promote impractical travel. Now a New York Times reporter shares another disappointment on the boulevard of broken green dreams.The Times identifies David Gelles as “a correspondent on the Climate desk,” suggesting he’s at least open to the idea of inefficient transport. Sure enough, Mr. Gelles reports in the Times’s Climate Forward newsletter that he’s had good experiences with Tesla and its charging network. But he says his recent reservation for a Tesla rental wasn’t honored in Minneapolis
Oct. 19, 2023 5:17 pm ET
It’s a hard life on the road, especially when the journey involves politically correct transportation. Regular readers are familiar with the travails of Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg as they have bravely attempted to promote impractical travel. Now a New York Times reporter shares another disappointment on the boulevard of broken green dreams.
The Times identifies David Gelles as “a correspondent on the Climate desk,” suggesting he’s at least open to the idea of inefficient transport. Sure enough, Mr. Gelles reports in the Times’s Climate Forward newsletter that he’s had good experiences with Tesla and its charging network. But he says his recent reservation for a Tesla rental wasn’t honored in Minneapolis and he got more than he bargained for when he accepted an all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge instead.
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James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. He is a graduate of Yale.
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