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California gave Teslas to an isolated farmworker community. Why did the cars vanish overnight?

In a small San Joaquin Valley neighborhood surrounded by miles of nut and citrus groves, six electric vehicle charging stations sit abandoned. Their parking spots are empty, their screens shattered. Over five short months and with nearly $2 million, the state powered a fleet of Teslas and Chevy Bolts that lent residents of this isolated community a transportation lifeline. Then one day at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cars vanished.

Full article:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article271591982.html

 

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Reference is behind a pay wall.

Sheesh. That's the Bee. Sometimes they allow a read, other times it is locked up. As I recall. there was a government-funded program to allow farmworkers free access to a community-shared fleet of EVs. It worked really well for the farmworkers community who otherwise had a lot of hardships with things like doctor appointments, and shopping, but as the COVID lockdown hit, there was a budget issue and the fleet of cars were recycled to other communities by some partner company which the government had enlisted to administer the program.