From The Hill:

White House energy adviser Heather Zichal said Wednesday that provisions to spur deployment of electric vehicles could form the foundation of bipartisan energy legislation that can gain traction on Capitol Hill.
Zichal’s comments could boost bipartisan electric vehicle legislation that Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) are promoting.
“A lot of the bill has great ideas in it and we are hopeful that it could serve as the underpinning for a broader package that could move through Congress,” said Zichal, the deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change.
Zichal, speaking at a forum hosted by The National Journal, said measures on electric vehicles could be the “base” of a targeted bill that also includes provisions on oil-and-gas production, building efficiency and green-energy R&D. “We are working very closely with both sides of the aisle on how to answer that question of what is do-able,” Zichal said.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is also bullish on the Merkley-Alexander plan.
Their bill contains a suite of provisions aimed at expanding the use of electric vehicles, which are now just a tiny niche market but are viewed as a promising way to curb oil dependence.

Unicorns are also a promising way to curb oil dependence. Let’s fund those, too. The rest here.