Thursday, December 26, 2024

The Math of MKE Charging Stations

Yes, you will read this twice and still not believe it.

Mayor Cavalier Johnson signed off on nearly $15 million worth of federal money to expand a system of electric vehicle charging stations. ...

...The grant will be used to install more than 50 EV charging stations..

$15 million to install "more than" 50 stations?

If it were 51, that would be about $294,000 each.

If it were 75, it would be $200,000 each.

(As a comparative, a charging station for your home is about $8K installed.  Yes, they are different beasts.)

Don't kid yourselves.  Given the 'efficiency' of City of Milwaukee bureaucrats, the environmental-grifters lawsuits & settlements, and the utter stupidity in the Mayor's office, you won't see more than 20 of those chargers in the next 5 years.  That math?  $2,000,000 each.

Wanna bet?

 

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