My wife and I were talking about #ElectricVehicles today, as our car was running low on gas and prices spiked to 162.5 in and around Innisfil.

[paulbusch@mstdn.ca]

My wife and I were talking about #ElectricVehicles today, as our car was running low on gas and prices spiked to 162.5 in and around Innisfil. So of course my thoughts drifted to the cause of the latest impact on those of us still burning #FossilFuels. It's time for some storey telling.

His royal orangeness, the stable genius occupying the White House, sets the stage for this tragic comedy on day one of his administration. With the stroke of a pen in his tiny little hand, he signs an executive order killing all #EV mandates and revoking unspent rebate funds.

#Trump
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63495060/president-trump-revokes-biden-ev-mandates/

[paulbusch@mstdn.ca]

By last fall most auto manufacturers in the USA had scaled back or canceled EVs, focusing instead on combustion engines or Hybrids. Domestic manufacturers were happy that the laws were changed and returned to churning out pickups and SUVs, while Japanese and Korean car companies returned to hybrids and kept their battery strategies for other parts of the world.

Automakers Are Backtracking on EV Plans: Here's the Electric Vehicles That Were Prematurely Canceled

As demand for EVs cools in the United States, several electric models have been killed off after just a brief time in the spotlight.

Car and Driver (www.caranddriver.com)

[cass_m@mstdn.ca]

@paulbusch I have a hybrid. In in Alberta and 9 months of the year I only use gas for long road trips. We charge at home from solar for daily travel.