Politics
Trump launching massive stockpile to break China’s critical mineral chokehold(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Trump administration is planning to create a critical mineral stockpile with $12 billion in startup capital, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The plan — called… Read More
Culture
General Motors quietly backs off plans to go all electric(Daily Caller News Foundation) – General Motors (GM) quietly backed away from its high-profile pledge to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles over the next decade, effectively abandoning the electric vehicle (EV)… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court case could spell the end for California’s EV mandate(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a landmark case that could spell the end of California’s Clean Air Act waiver, which created what… Read More
Government
Over 240,000 vehicles abruptly recalled over safety issues(Daily Caller News Foundation) – More than 240,000 vehicles from South Korean carmakers Hyundai, Genesis and Kia were recalled across the U.S. and Canada over various safety issues, the National… Read More
Government
Biden-Harris admin recalls hundreds of electric buses amid fire concerns(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a warning Wednesday about 483 electric transit buses being recalled over safety defects, according to a safety advisory. Phoenix… Read More
Culture
The not-so-secret dirty facts about China’s ‘clean energy’ production(The Daily Signal) – China’s production of batteries for electric vehicles is “definitely not clean,” says energy expert Diana Furchtgott-Roth. Without its own vast natural energy resources, China is the world’s largest… Read More
Auto industry
As Illinois subsidizes EV industry, auto analyst says gas-powered engines here to stay(The Center Square) – The state of Illinois has been on a fast track to get motorists to buy electric vehicles, but an auto analyst says gas-powered engines will be… Read More
Auto industry
Electric vehicles present new security risks(The Center Square) – The nation’s transition to electric vehicles must not only overcome power and charging station shortcomings, but novel security risks too. Robert Charette, a longtime systems engineer,… Read More
Transportation
Experts fear electric vehicle race leaves power grid in the dust(The Center Square) – Can the power grid – critical to charging electric vehicles at scale – cope with the pace of state and federal decarbonization goals? The… Read More
AM radio
Attorneys general coalition asks EV manufacturers to continue installing AM radios(The Center Square) – Sixteen states attorneys have asked members of two manufacturers groups to continue to include AM radios in new electric vehicles. In a letter led by Florida… Read More
Illinois, Legislature
Proposed legislation to require EV charging stations could make homes more expensive(The Center Square) – Proposed measures at the Illinois statehouse could require electric vehicle charging stations in the garage of new homes, a change one builder says would increase… Read More
State Government
Missouri state and local officials make requirements for electric vehicle charging stations more realistic(The Center Square) – A week after the St. Louis County Council moved to amend an ordinance requiring electric vehicle charging stations, a legislator sponsoring a bill to force… Read More