Posted on 12/16/2023 7:46:01 PM PST by Libloather
A top federal official who helped craft regulations aimed at pushing future electric vehicle (EV) use is departing the Biden administration in an unexpected move, according to an internal agency memo obtained by Fox News Digital.
Ann Carlson - who is currently the acting administrator for the Department of Tranportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - will step down from her role on Dec. 26, 2023, and depart the agency entirely at the end of January. Patrick Lally, who heads NHTSA's governmental affairs office, made the announcement in a memo circulated among agency staff late Friday.
"Ann has been a tremendous leader — her time as Acting Administrator of NHTSA was time limited under the Vacancies Reform Act," a DOT spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement. "She is returning to her previous role of senior advisor and Chief Counsel for one month to assist with the transition."
"Under her leadership, NHTSA strengthened child seat standards, moved to require Automated Emergency Braking in light and heavy vehicles, oversaw major recalls, held registered importers and those who commit odometer fraud accountable for their bad acts, and after horrific increases in previous years, for six straight quarters roadway fatalities have declined," the statement continued.
Carlson, though, had garnered strong opposition from Republicans over her past climate activism, support for regulations targeting gas-powered vehicles and how she continued to lead NHTSA in an acting role even after failing Senate confirmation for the post in a permanent capacity.
In January 2021, the Biden-Harris transition team hired Carlson, then an environmental law professor at UCLA, to serve as NHTSA's chief counsel. While the position didn't require Senate confirmation, Carlson oversaw key agency initiatives in that role and began serving as acting administrator in September 2022.
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Doesn't sound legit.
Isn’t she the one who tried to drive her EV across the country? And blocked a citizen’s EV with one of her staff’s ICEs in a charging station so she would have access to it when she finally arrived?
She is a F*cking Lawyer just like the Canadian B!tch who heads Energy Dept.
BOTH are Lawyers. F*cking Useless Lawyers.
BOTH positions should be Engineers NOT Lawyers!!!
I believe all Democrats in Congress are lawyers. If not 100%, then damned close. Lawyers ruin EVERYTHING!!!!
The people have spoken. This is not the time for EV’s.
Most people instinctively know that there’s a future for EV’s but the transition must be organic, gradual, and not forced over a long period of time after the technology has proven itself to be reliable and easy to use. Above all, it must be affordable.
The cart was put ahead of the horse.
Don’t mince words, tell us how you really feel about lawyers.
Perfectly legit PATRONAGE.
How quaint.
But, if we wait another year, we will hit seven tipping points and the earth will be a desolate, desiccated cinder in a few short years. We MUST act now to stop that. /s
This dimwitted moron has also been trying to force side underside guards on cmv trailers, which will increase train/truck collisions by 1000%.
In related news, the Hussein/Biden Regime is pushing to restart the horse shoe industry. With a huuuuge investment (taxpayer $$$) the restart jumpstart will create or save jobs.
All those coal miners who did not learn how to code can soon apply their skills to the horse shoe industry. Word has it the latest horse shoe factory is occupying the vacant Solyndra building.
“Most people instinctively know there’s a future for EV’s..” WRONG
The first ones to exit get the better paying lobbyist jobs.
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It was Jennifer Granholm’s EV trip and they tried to bully their way into a charging station. One of those “Do you know who I am?” kind of things...If there is AV of it I haven’t seen it.
I guess you’ve never heard of EV golf carts. EV’s have been around for at least 100 years.
One day they will get it right when the technology catches up. Especially the battery or other storage or power source.
Right genius , drive your golf cart from Spokane to Minneapolis in February
You seem to be under the impression I like EV's or even want one. You would be wrong on both counts. I like my ICE vehicles, especially the V8 and V2. There's no question there's a place for EV's in cities where the commute is shorter even if in a traffic jam. I do get your point about long distance trips in an EV and agree with it. Then there's the heat and HVAC cooling that will drain the batteries in hot or cold weather. That's why I believe they are okay as a commuter car in a city. There may come a day when roads are inlaid with some kind of tech that will charge EV's as they drive on those roads while charging the owner's credit card. Maybe an option. EV's would then be able to travel long distance reliably but only on certain equipped roads. I don't know. Just speculating. EV's are still in their infancy IMHO.
On another note, do you need a hug or something? Can you show me where an EV touched you to make you so hostile?
Indeed might want to recall how Hollywood people got their kids into colleges.
Do I need a hug?
Go reread your post, you sound an awful lot like a proponent of golf cart like EVs for regular use.
Kind of harsh. Why do you want to shut down discussion that is reasonable?
Are you under 15 years old? It would explain a lot if you were.
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