Looking at Kelley Blue Book, the price of EV is about $55,000.
First of all, I want to be clear, nobody I know, certainly not me thinks that all or
even most americans can easily afford electric vehicles.
That said, I'm struck by this $55,000 number that that that keeps going around.
I pulled, I knew this might come up.
So I just pulled a few of the latest prices, a Chevy bolt.
So an american made 2022 EV is $26,595 if you want a pickup truck,
like a shell Chevy Silverado evey or ford F 1 50 lightning,
the starting prices of those are 978,974 respectively.
>> That's a great response from Pete.
And thankfully he is at least,
I don't think he should have become the Transportation Secretary.
I don't see what in his history qualified him for it, but
he seems to be taking it semi seriously.
And when you have a republican, republican congressman do the thing that republicans
do needlessly demonize the like beginnings of this domestic EV industry.
Artificially like saying that the, the average price is too high.
Yeah, it's great to have him respond to that and say, yeah, no it is,
it is too high.
And by the way, you all should do something to help lower it,
subsidies exist for exactly this sort of situation when an industry is new and
needs support, support to do the research and all that support to get the cost down.
That's what it's for, not for subsidizing oil centuries into its use.
It's for this sort of situation.
So if you actually care about the cost of an EV and you're a Republican member of
Congress, Consider renewing the subsidies or in fact expanding them.
That said, if you do want to buy an EV and even if you want to buy, you know,
one that's close to home,
there there are those options that he just listed still too expensive.
I think they do, they do need to go down, but I need $55,000.
And there's other options still.
New Nissan leaf is 27,000 400.
The mini electric hard top.
Now that granted doesn't have as much range, but that's 29,900.
The Chevy bolt that he referenced 31 5 by the way.
These are before the if assuming that these manufacturers still
have their ability to do the subsidies.
This is before that you can save up to $7500 from that.
And then there's other options to look now if you jump ahead to the more expensive
ones are they're expensive TVs.
Yeah, they're expensive TVs.
And why is the average price?
55,000?
It's because Tesla is by far selling the most and
their cars are ridiculously expensive.
So it is bringing up the average, that doesn't mean that's
what an electric car has to cost the Mazda MX thirty's and
suv it's 33 4 kona Suv 34 Kia Nero's 39 K E V six is 40 like yes, let's work.
Let's use government to help get these prices down because we
desperately need it.
Not only would it be great for the environment, they're literally better
cards, great for the people to it helps to reduce regular pollution and
it's potentially a massive thing we could build in our country.
They should be excited to help get this up and running instead.
They're using it for cheap talking points share.
>> Yeah, it's that's the approach of the Republican party, right?
I I feel like I've mentioned it before.
Their approach to to legislating and and anything to do with
politics is to complain and complain and complain about a problem.
And a matter of fact, once that problem may have some kind of solution to it,
people propose something to fix that problem.
What they then do is attack those solutions that they then go undercut those
solutions.
If something could potentially actually help, they definitely vote against it
because what they don't want are solutions to those problems.
The whole point of being a Republican right now is to complain create problems
and then make sure that they cannot be solved.
So then afterwards you can go look at what the house is on fire.
Well you have the gas can in one hand and a lighter in the other and you're like,
I don't know why these democrats keep lighting the house on fire.
I'm just here watching it.
And every time it happens enough people believe that they're actually doing
something, what is it that they're doing?
What is your approach?
They complain about gas prices and then something tries to get done for it and
they vote against it, they complain about the price of electric vehicles.
As you said, it's pretty much a legitimate argument.
But then what's next?
Why are you complaining about this?
What do you want to do bro?
What is it?
And again, I love buddha judges answer,
he had that smirk on his face like I prepared for this.
He almost looked like a press secretary is representing the president.
But this is the thing and I feel like you mentioned it at the top of the whole show,
I'm watching old Pete, I'm watching the Transportation Secretary
because I remember when he ran for president and everyone,
not everyone, but many people, especially progressives, like come on bro, calm down,
who's this guy and why does he deserve any of our votes?
Maybe he's working towards realizing that this centrist
establishment democrat approach that he's been brainwashed into.
Maybe he's beginning to realize that he has to be a little different now
he's still there, but I wonder if he realizes, hey biden ain't doing so well,
biden is doing this this and that maybe I should do a B and C.
Hopefully I will be fine with him developing to someone who knows what
they're doing and actually represents people and then maybe he can run again.
>> Yeah.
>> I don't know.
I don't know.
I mean, I'm just leaving 25% open mind.
That's all I'm saying.
>> I'm just remember he is still a democrat in the position of wants to be
president.
They are willing to say lots of things when they want to be president,
that they stop saying once they become president.
So we'll see.
Yes, good, good job there by Pete Buttigieg.
Keep it up, pete.
And I hope you're absolutely destroyed in the next primary by an actual progressive