On the recordOctober 26, 2023
In Wyoming, we have many instances of EV drivers getting stranded out in the cold soon after charging their vehicles. We had a California driver, just a few months ago in Riverton, who charged his vehicle enough to go 120 miles but ran out of kilovolts halfway over the mountain, about 60 miles. On this particular occasion, it wasn't even very cold, at least not by Wyoming standards. Had he been in the same spot just a week or so earlier, he would have been stuck in minus 20-degree temperature with 60-mile-an-hour winds. The town of Jackson just realized that paying $1 million each for a fleet of electric buses didn't make them any more operational in our harsh winter conditions, having found out the hard way that they are unreliable and simply will not work at higher elevations and in single- digit temperatures. The point I am making is that this transition that is being forced upon us by this administration is not only wrong-handed, it is downright dangerous. Mr. Chair, supporting this program is not supporting fuel efficiency. It is another way to prop up the forced energy transition to unreliable resources. For that reason, I urge the adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Hageman). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
