Biden’s Energy Secretary Supports Pentagon’s Plan For An ‘All-Electric Fleet’ By 2030 – By John Hugh Demastri (Daily Caller) / April 26, 2023
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that she supports electrifying the Department of Defense’s (DOD) non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2030, during an exchange with Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, at a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Ernst began questioning Granholm about whether China was a reliable partner for “achieving and stabilizing U.S. energy independence and security,” noting that the Senate had rejected a Biden-proposed plan to electrify the DOD’s non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2030 in part because it would increase the military’s dependence on China. Granholm responded that the president’s “invest in America agenda” would move the supply chain to the U.S., and following a brief aside, Ernst pressed Granholm about the timeline for electrifying the military’s fleet of non-tactical vehicles, such as cars, vans and light-duty trucks.
“I believe the [Biden administration’s] proposed swapping of the military’s non-tactical vehicles for an all-electric fleet, again by 2030, really is putting the climate crusade ahead of our department’s lethality, we need to support that first,” said Ernst. “So, do you support the military adopting that EV fleet by 2030?”
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