Granholm cleared $1.6M!The funeral Pyre grows hotter…thanks Green New Deal….
Biden Said EV Maker Proterra Was 'Getting Us in the Game.' It Just Declared Bankruptcy.
Biden repeatedly praised green energy company as his energy secretary held stock in it
President Joe Biden promoted the company. Its top executive landed a spot on a White House board. And Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm held hundreds of thousands of shares in it.
But that wasn't enough to save Proterra—the electric vehicle maker whose buses routinely failed to stay on the road—from declaring bankruptcy. Proterra cited "various market and macroeconomic headwinds" in a Chapter 11 filing on Monday, which came after the California-based firm cut hundreds of jobs earlier this year and restructured hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding debt.
The declaration marks a stunning downfall for Biden's favorite green energy company. Biden took part in a virtual tour of a Proterra facility in April 2021 to promote his $1.9 trillion infrastructure plan, which included billions to boost the electric bus industry. Biden said during the event that Proterra was "getting us in the game" and predicted that Proterra and other electric vehicle companies would "end up owning the future." He went on to praise Proterra in a March 2022 speech, and less than one year later, in February, the Democrat appointed Proterra CEO Gareth Joyce to serve on the President's Export Council, which provides advice on international trade. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, meanwhile, held 240,000 shares in the company at the start of her tenure, prompting ethics concerns.
https://freebeacon.com/energy/biden...g-us-in-the-game-it-just-declared-bankruptcy/
Only to the blind and deaf.The equivalent of thoughts and prayers…
Great point….Can’t wait for that secondary market to mature and those batteries start dying. Another shock to the system when people realize they have to spend $10-$12,000 to replace old dying lithium ion batteries. Thanks green new deal.!!
How Comfortable Are You Buying A Used EV Knowing About Absurd Battery Replacement Costs?
Are electric cars going to become disposable like old phones or will a new solution be found for replacing their expensive batteries?
Electric vehicle batteries are deeply integrated in much the same way as many of our mobile devices today. I don’t know about you, but I don’t remember the last time I replaced a battery on one of my mobile devices. It just doesn’t make financial sense because the cost of the battery and the labor to install a new battery into an old phone isn’t far from just buying a new phone. Is that where cars are headed?
I actually liked the idea of picking up a Tesla Model S on the second-hand market until I realized how wildly expensive it could be to repair just about anything on it including the battery.
We know that, for now, electric vehicle batteries can cost tens of thousands of dollars and that replacing them isn’t anything like swapping an engine or a transmission on an ICE-powered car. So would you buy a used electric vehicle right now?
https://www.carscoops.com/2022/03/h...owing-about-absurd-battery-replacement-costs/
It’s all just one huge scam!!
“While Proterra shares tumbled more than 60 percent in after-hours trading Monday, Granholm will not have to worry about losing her investment. Granholm, who served on Proterra's board of directors, sold the shares for $1.6 million in May 2021, weeks after Biden publicly touted the company. Granholm's shares would be valued at just $340,000 based on Proterra's current share price.”
Yah, but none of those guys is the Secretary of Energy for the Biden Administration. White collar crime is one thing…political corruption at that level is quite another. Those are our tax dollars funding government corruption and theft in a foolish pursuit of unicorns and rainbows
and trump…and Russian and Chinese bribes?… oh wait, that’s the Biden Aministration.