Associated Press (AP) has “fact-checked” representations made regarding US transition to electric vehicles in one trillion dollar infrastructure passage advanced by President Joe Biden.

On November 7, 2021 reporter Hope Yen wrote: “… President Joe Biden overstated its reach by claiming it would result in 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations and meet his pledge to nudge half of US drivers into EVs by decade’s end ….

While a step forward, automakers have made clear they won’t meet White House targets that half of all new car sales be electric by 2030 based on federal investment in that legislation alone ….

Only 2.2% of new vehicle sales were fully electric vehicles through June, according to Edmunds.com estimates. That’s up from 1.4% at the same time last year ….

See AP website for complete piece, titled “AP Fact Check: Biden hypes $1T bill impact on electric cars.”