Ferrari’s first electric car to cost whopping $500K: report
Luxury car maker Ferrari’s first electric car will cost at least 500,000 euros ($535,000) as it prepares to open a factory to make the model, potentially increasing group output by up to a third, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Italian brand known for its thunderous gasoline engines has said it will launch […]
Electric Cars Are Not “Zero-Emission Vehicles”
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes While praising California’s decision to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, Governor Gavin Newsom declared that this will require “100% of new car sales in California to be zero-emission vehicles” like “electric cars.” In reality, electric cars emit substantial amounts of pollutants and may be more harmful […]
China targets Europe’s farmers in response to EU tariffs on electric cars
Beijing has launched an investigation into EU pork imports, targeting European farmers rather than German carmakers, just days after the EU announced plans to impose provisional tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars. The Commerce Department didn’t mention EV tariffs when it announced Monday it was opening an anti-dumping investigation into European pork, but the move is […]
Is this pint-sized electric vehicle about to be big disruptor in US?
You probably haven’t heard of Eli Electric Vehicles before, but this little company is making big waves in the world of electric vehicles: The company has announced that pre-orders are now open in the US for its popular Eli Zero microcar. But what exactly are these “microcars”? They’re essentially small electric cars designed to get […]
Crazy fast electric robot sets new Rubik’s Cube world record
There’s always something new coming out in the world of robotics, but this time Mitsubishi Electric is catching everyone’s attention. The company’s robot, the TOKUFASTbot, is in the spotlight for a completely different reason than the company you might normally see carefully wiring its motors. He took on the Rubik’s Cube, but he wasn’t just […]
Electric Vehicles Are Fleecing Us Out Of Billions
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute When you buy a new internal combustion vehicle, you are also paying for someone else’s electric vehicle. While the subsidies are egregious enough, it turns out EV manufacturers are fleecing us out of billions, and doing it with government help. Attorneys Michael Buschbacher and James Conde explain at The Wall Street […]
Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles
DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck pulled up to an electric vehicle charging station at the edge of a shopping center parking lot. Two men got out of the car, one of them wearing a head light. Security cameras showed them getting […]
Virginia’s Youngkin, Miyares strike back at California electric vehicle mandate: ‘Declaring independence’
Virginia will no longer follow California’s electric vehicle regulations starting next year, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Wednesday. “Virginia is once again declaring its independence, this time from a misguided electric vehicle mandate imposed by unelected leaders nearly 3,000 miles away from our state,” Youngkin said in a statement. Youngkin has opposed green energy mandates […]
Youngkin says Virginia will exit California electric vehicle mandate
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) said Wednesday that Virginia will halt its participation in the California electric vehicle mandate program at the end of the year, describing it as harmful to businesses in the state and allowing outside officials to dictate policy. “The idea that the government should tell people what kind of car they can […]
Blaze News investigates: Biden and Newsom’s electric vehicle schemes are going up in smoke
The Biden administration has made promoting electric vehicles a goal in its climate change plan, but recent developments have hindered efforts to replace gasoline-powered vehicles with electric ones. Despite huge subsidies and government mandates, demand for electric vehicles has plummeted after a period of increased interest. Blaze News spoke to industry insiders to find out […]