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Press Mention Miami Herald February 23, 2025

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Florida had nearly $200 million to expand electric vehicle charging across the state. Instead, Florida wants to spend it on flying cars.

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Florida is redirecting nearly $200 million in federal EV charging infrastructure funds toward flying taxi (eVTOL) infrastructure instead of traditional electric vehicle chargers. Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy criticizes the decision as diverting public funds from everyday transportation to benefit wealthy interests. The state argues the private market has sufficiently deployed EV chargers, but advocates note gaps remain for apartment dwellers and other underserved populations.

Money is being hijacked from what would have benefited a large population to go to the oligarch, ultra-wealthy for these emergent technologies

Stephen A. Smith
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