Lets see…$100,000 each . Now what is the price of a brand new Internal Combustion Engine powered F-150 at Pinewood Ford? OK…my math skills are pretty rusty but $100,000 looks like a 100% price premium for this electric pickup truck. In other words, double the cost. And that is MSRP. I am sure that … Read more
3 Reasons There’s Something Sinister With the Big Push for Electric Vehicles 25 refrigerators. That’s how much the additional electricity consumption per household would be if the average US home adopted electric vehicles (EVs). Congressman Thomas Massie—an electrical engineer—revealed this information while discussing with Pete Buttigieg, the Secretary of Transportation, President Biden’s plan to have … Read more
Something nobody is talking about…the taxes on gasoline and diesel fuels. A lot of taxes. How are governments going to replace that lost income? Increase to price of electricity? Tax the amount you drive? You know that they are going to get that money out of you one way or another. It might be … Read more
Transitioning Fleet Trucks To Electric Raises Costs By Up To 114 Percent, Report Warns Florida-based Ryder analyzed the potential cost of transportation if internal combustion engine trucks are converted to EVs. There is a 5 percent cost increase for light-duty EVs and a 94–114 percent increase for heavy-duty trucks, the May 8 report states. For a fleet … Read more
The City of Thunder By is all in when it comes to electrifying its municipal fleet as long as that process is heavily subsidized by other levels of government. When I say “heavily subsidized”, I mean at LEAST a 75% cost subsidy…maybe more. If our high salaried residents of City Hall had to pay … Read more
EVs Have 80% More Problems Than Traditional Gas Vehicles, Consumer Reports Finds A new report from Consumer Reports found that electric vehicles have almost 80% more problems and are “generally less reliable” than conventional internal combustion engine cars. Good thing every major government around the world is subsidizing their use in the name of ‘climate change’, … Read more
World’s Electric Grids Incapable Of Supporting Renewable Energy Goals: Agency Electricity grid capacity available in the world isn’t keeping pace with the rapid growth of “clean energy” technologies, possibly putting governments’ climate goals at risk, according to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). In order to achieve climate goals set by global … Read more
Zero-emission vehicles remain a tough sell in Northern Ontario Zero-emission vehicles are still hard to sell in Northern Ontario. Research conducted for the Northern Policy Institute found that only 2.2 per cent of all new zero-emission vehicles sold in the entire province last year were registered in Northern Ontario. The region has approximately five per cent of … Read more
Canada to announce tariff plan for Chinese EV, battery imports following U.S., Europe Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to announce this morning a plan for potential tariffs to protect Canada’s electric vehicle supply chain from unfair Chinese competition. Freeland and International Trade Minister Mary Ng are making a joint announcement this morning following moves … Read more
Canada lays out plan to phase out sales of gas-powered cars, trucks by 2035 The end of the road is coming for gas−powered vehicles in Canada. New regulations being published this week by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will effectively end the sale of new passenger vehicles powered only by gasoline or diesel in 2035. Guilbeault … Read more