[Source: Tell Me Best, LLC] It’s coming. Well, we’ve been warned it’s coming. As part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda by 2030, 50% of the cars being sold will be fully electric vehicles with the ultimate plan to be fully carbon-neutral by 2050. If you ask electric vehicle owners of today, we have Read More…
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Can Californians afford electric cars? Wait lists for rebates are long and some programs have shut down
[Source: Source: CalMATTERS] When Tulare resident Quentin Nelms heard California was offering a hefty state subsidy to help lower-income residents buy electric cars, he applied right away. But it wasn’t as easy as he thought it would be. Nelms spent four months on a waitlist before he was accepted into one of the state’s clean-car Read More…
Going electric: California car mandate would hit mechanics hard
[Source: CalMATTERS] The pungent odor of motor oil and grease wafts through the air at JR Automotive in San Francisco as Jesus Rojas lifts the hood of a 2014 Honda Civic to inspect its engine. Gasoline-powered vehicles like this one have hundreds of moving parts and other components that keep mechanics like Rojas busy. Rojas, Read More…
Clean-car rules: California unveils proposed measure to ban new gasoline-fueled cars
[Source: CalMATTERS] California’s clean-air regulators on Tuesday unveiled a far-reaching proposal requiring a ramp-up in sales of zero-emission cars, culminating in a ban on new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. The rules to force Californians to end their dependence on conventional cars are a critical component to California’s goals to tackle climate change and poor air Read More…
Batteries are the next environmental challenge
[Source: Forbes] Electric vehicles (EV) are all the rage these days. They are, according to President Biden and much of the media, a crucial part of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving the environment. Federal and state subsidies have long encouraged their use. The president in his infrastructure proposals would increase that encouragement by building some Read More…
The future of EV batteries could be found under the sea
[Source: AXIOS] All the battery metals we need to power a billion electric vehicles could be lying on the floor of the Pacific Ocean — but collecting them and turning them into EV batteries is a major challenge. Why it matters: It’s going to take a lot of batteries to replace the world’s gasoline-powered cars with Read More…
Will the race for electric vehicles endanger the Earth’s most sensitive ecosystem?
[Source: EcoWatch by The Revelator] The internal combustion engine had a good run. It helped get us to where we need to go for more than a century, but its days as the centerpiece of the automotive industry are waning. As countries work to cut greenhouse gas emissions, electrification is stealing the limelight. While there’s Read More…
The dark side of Governor Newsom’s gas-powered vehicle ban
[Source: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow] California Governor Newsom has convinced himself that green EV’s made from “fairy dust” must replace those dirty gas-powered vehicles. Sharing a few realities of the darker side of his fairy dust beliefs may burst his bubble. Let us get some of the bad news out of the way first. Read More…
Tackling air pollution may accidentally trigger serious health issues
[Source: NewScientist] Cities tackling one major air pollutant risk inadvertently making things worse by fuelling the growth of another, potentially more harmful type of pollution. Many urban areas around the world are in breach of World Health Organization guidelines on PM2.5, particulate matter with a maximum diameter of 2.5 micrometres. Vehicles are a common source of Read More…