Florida Says $200M Fund for EV Chargers Is 'Waste' to Taxpayers, Should Go to Flying Taxis Instead: TDS

[MARC NORDLUND]

The Morons of Florida 🤦🏻

https://www.thedrive.com/news/florida-says-200m-fund-for-ev-chargers-is-waste-to-taxpayers-should-go-to-flying-taxis-instead-tds?utm_source=pushly 

[Heather Larson]

In case some wider perspective at the same time is useful:

• https://www.wftv.com/news/local/floridas-ev-charging-network-grows-with-hotels-playing-major-role/MRV2BBI3IVHD5ODX5F42OM2T2A/ 

Does seem like they need to keep track of where that ~$200M of tax funding actually ends up!

Lots of interesting moves in SC - not without some forks in the road. A small sample:

• https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2026-06-23/south-carolina-launches-ev-education-campaign-to-help-drivers-explore-electric-vehicles
• https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/bmw-north-america-ceo-touts-long-game-us-1-7b-south-carolina-ev-expansion-takes-shape
• https://www.wltx.com/article/money/business/scout-motors-first-production-workers-graduate-midlands-tech/101-e5e489c6-1d53-406d-8606-5ff26f662706

On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 1:34 PM MARC NORDLUND <mnord...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Morons of Florida 🤦🏻

https://www.thedrive.com/news/florida-says-200m-fund-for-ev-chargers-is-waste-to-taxpayers-should-go-to-flying-taxis-instead-tds?utm_source=pushly 

--
Learn about EVs and EVents at: https://www.seattleeva.org
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SEVA Email List" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to SEVA_list+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SEVA_list/CADH8qB8xnQWLVeAEohtXd8dz5%3DS09-LerHW5x5fTHRbL0_Rf%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com.