Commentary The left likes to treat skeptics of electrical cars as if they were Luddites. Truth is, making an existing product less efficient but more expensive doesn’t really meet the definition of innovation. Even the purported amenities and technological advances EV makers like to brag about in their ads have been a regular feature of…

A bill from House Republicans is targeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to issue Clean Air Act waivers for California that could lead to major restrictions or even bans on gas-powered vehicles. Those waivers are a live issue. Last month, the California Air Resources Board asked the Biden administration for one so it can ban…

The Canadian government will be providing subsidies for years to a Volkswagen battery factory being built in Canada that’s expected to last much longer. “This facility is expected to last dozens of years,” Industry Canada Deputy Minister Simon Kennedy testified at a May 4 Senate banking committee hearing. “The facility will take a number of years…

While the Biden administration cannot force you to buy an electric car, it can, by capping tailpipe emissions and other coercive measures, compel producers to severely curtail the manufacturing of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and drive up the cost of gasoline-powered cars. This will likely result in a fundamental restructuring of America’s automotive industry,…

House Republicans are proposing new actions on the federal debt limit. What did House Speaker Kevin McCarthy say on Wall Street? Artificial intelligence regulations are coming. The European Parliament announced it is working on the Artificial Intelligence Act, saying AI needs serious political attention. Electric vehicles that cost as low as $25,000 are on the…

House Republicans are proposing new actions on the federal debt limit. What did House Speaker Kevin McCarthy say on Wall Street? Artificial intelligence regulations are coming. The European Parliament announced it is working on the Artificial Intelligence Act, saying AI needs serious political attention. Electric vehicles that cost as low as $25,000 are on the…

House Republicans are proposing new actions on the federal debt limit. What did House Speaker Kevin McCarthy say on Wall Street? Artificial intelligence regulations are coming. The European Parliament announced it is working on the Artificial Intelligence Act, saying AI needs serious political attention. Electric vehicles that cost as low as $25,000 are on the…

Researchers have come up with a new system that turns seawater into hydrogen fuel—a development that could aid in the proliferation of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The new method extracts hydrogen from the ocean by funneling seawater through a double membrane system, using electricity. The design was successful in generating hydrogen gas without the accompaniment…

MPs from all parts of Britain have called on the government to “step up” and increase the number of rapid electric charging points if they are to meet the demand expected over the next seven years. In 2020, Boris Johnson announced plans to phase out the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans by…

The sale of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) in California has risen by more than 100 percent in two years, with the state making up 40 percent of U.S. sales of such vehicles in 2022 and roughly 19 percent of all cars sold in California. According to data from the California Energy Commission, 18.8 percent of all…