Taxpayer-Subsidized Electric Car Charging Stations Get Few Users

Making free stuff that nobody wants is a special government talent

NASHVILLE — Few Tennesseans are taking advantage of the free, taxpayer funded electricity to power their electric-powered vehicles.

What environmentally conscious person who can afford to pay for a shiny, all-electric $36,000 Nissan Leaf wouldn't want taxpayers paying to charge up their new toys at hundreds of charging stations throughout Tennessee? …

Tennessee Watchdog wanted to know these answers firsthand, so we spent considerable time at three of Tennessee's nearly 600 stations.

The result — not a single person showed up.