Commentary Elon Musk is no communist, but he may end up having contributed more to its global success than anyone since Karl Marx. By making the Tesla the status symbol of our times, and now apparently about to offer an affordable version for the common man and woman, he has helped clear the way for…
The Electric Car Is the Trojan Horse of Global Communism
April 17, 2023
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Biden’s Undemocratic EV Edict
Commentary President Joe Biden is set to “transform” and “remake” the entire auto industry—“first with carrots, now with sticks”—notes the Washington Post, as if dictating the output of a major industry is within the governing purview of the executive branch. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing draconian emissions limits for vehicles, ensuring that 67…
Biden EPA’s EV Quotas Would Take Away Americans’ Freedom of Choice of Vehicles, Enrich China
April 13, 2023
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Commentary The Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to make cars more expensive for Americans, curb U.S. energy jobs, and make Chinese battery manufacturers richer. The new proposed regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would require new car sales to be 60 percent battery-powered electric by 2030 and 67 percent by 2032 in order…
Digital Money Plus Electric Cars Equal Fascist America
Commentary The administrative state is moving faster to cement its totalitarian rule over the United States of America than we can to keep pace. They are doing this because they realize the majority of our people oppose their wishes, but if they are able to impose them by fiat before that opposition forms and reacts,…
Canadian Public Requires ‘Increased Education’ if Electric Vehicle Mandate Is to be Met: Federal Report
The general public needs to receive “increased education” to quell broad concerns about electric vehicles (EV) if the government’s EV mandate over the next 12 years is to be met, says an in-house federal research report. Titled “Canadians’ awareness, knowledge and attitudes related to zero emission vehicles” and published in February, the report included results…
High-Cost California Hampering Switch to Electric Vehicles
March 30, 2023
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Commentary California policies keep contradicting themselves. Now it’s the switch to electric vehicles. Prompted by a 2020 executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom, last Aug. 25 the California Air Resources Board approved its Advanced Clean Cars II rule. It stipulates, “by 2035 100 percent of new cars and light trucks sold in California will be…
Ford Reports Electric Vehicle Business Lost $2 Billion in 2022
The Ford Motor Company revealed that its electric vehicle (EV) business, the Model e, took a $2.1 billion loss over the course of 2022 and the company predicted that it will lose another $3 billion in 2023 as the company invests further in the project. The loss of about $2.1 billion for Ford EVs in…
Soaring Electricity Prices Push Up EV Charging Fees in Australia
A number of electric vehicle (EV) charging networks in Australia have raised their service prices as surging electricity prices bite. Recently, Chargefox, the largest EV charging network in the country, announced that it would lift prices for some of its charging stations. This comes as electricity prices are expected to soar by up to 23.7…
Insurers Scrapping Low-Mileage EVs Because of Battery Non-Repairability
Industry experts are warning electric vehicle (EV) makers like Tesla to produce battery packs that are more easily repairable and to provide third-party access to battery cell data, or risk already-high insurance premiums surging further and effectively wiping out the incentives of going electric. EVs have been regularly touted among Americans by the Biden administration amid the president’s…
Virginia Legislature Approves Mandatory Firefighter Training for Electric Vehicle Fires
As sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increase, there is a growing concern over EV fires, and the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill in February that would mandate all firefighters be trained on how to put out EV battery fires. According to Kelly Blue Book, 5.8 percent of the new cars Americans bought in 2022…
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