https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/pete-buttigieg-did-not-sp...
The most charitable interpretation is 243 Chargers.
According to the AP[0] it's 214
[0] https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-electric-vehicle-charg...
It’s a decade long project, with phases and 50 different state governments doing the actual contracting. The Fed side is mostly funding and establishing the Tesla charger as the national standard - which required quite a bit of diplomacy to get all the car manufacturers onboard.
Jan 1942: Roosevelt authorizes the atomic bomb
Jul 1945 (55 months later): Trinity
Aug 1945 (56 months later): Little Boy
By comparison:
Nov 2021: IRA becomes law
Feb 2025 (40 months later): <250 charging points
But this would take 120 months to complete. What an interesting comparison.
> There are currently 214 operational chargers in 12 states that have been funded through the law, with 24,800 projects underway across the country, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
I can see why you omitted the context.
Any "fact" it claims which is bad for it's case, you can believe with > 90% probability
Any "fact" it uses to support it's case should be taken with a tablespoon of sodium.
For example in this case: 24,800 projects underway. I assume if many were mostly built then they would say "10,000 chargers expected to be operational by March".
If they were under construction at all, they would probably say "under construction" This is a statement from the Federal Highway Administration! it's PR! (as it should be, nothing wrong with tooting your own horn) and the most they claim is "underway".
Of course we won't get an investigative story about this, but I'd wager the vast majority is in the earliest possible stage (before even permits to build)
So, the criticism of Buttigieg is well founded, and the "misinformation" is more directionally correct then the "fact check"
