Electric Vehicles on the Joe Rogan Experience
4 fact-checked claims across 3 episodes · Sep 2018 to Feb 2025 · updated Sep 3, 2026
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- Elon Musk (2)
- Joe Rogan (1)
- Donald Trump (1)
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“I mean, how about the one where they paid $236 billion, like, for chargers? Do you know that they were trying to set up chargers you mean car chargers and they…”
Rogan says the government paid $236 billion for electric-vehicle chargers while building only a few.
“Yeah, 600 miles.”
Musk confirms the next-generation Tesla Roadster is expected to have a 600-mile range.
“How about this? They built the charger stations right in the Midwest. Midwest. They built eight of them. They cost $9 billion. That's like a gas pump. Right. T…”
Trump claims a $9 billion federal EV charging program only built eight charging stations in the Midwest and three of them don't work.
“if it was 100% electric, that's only about 100 million per year. So it would take, if you could snap your fingers and instantly turn all cars and trucks electr…”
Musk states that even with all new car production instantly switched to electric, it would take about 25 years to replace the global transport fleet.