Will the minerals needed for electric car production come from the U. S . or (more likely) overseas? Maxine Joselow writes in the Washington Post: “Prices of key minerals are skyrocketing amid the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, potentially increasing the cost of electric vehicles and other technologies crucial to the clean energy transition….
Tag: electric vehicles
It Could Be a Rough Road to Electric Cars . . . Wisconsin Fights over Who Can Sell Electric Charging
From Kari Lydersen at Energy News Network: “A bill progressing through the Wisconsin legislature was meant to spur the expansion of electric vehicle charging by confirming that private businesses can sell electricity to drivers at charging stations. “But amendments to the bill have turned electric vehicle proponents against it. The current version would ban government…
Unpleasant Truths about Electric Vehicles
Robert L. Bradley, Jr., writing for the Institute of Energy Research, points out that electric vehicles are benefiting from “subsidies galore.” Yet the average price of an EV is $11,000 more than a comparable gasoline-fueled car. Bradley lists the subsidies: Pursuant to federal legislation in 2008/2009, EV purchasers have received up to $7,500 in tax…
Biden’s Plan for EV-Charging Stations: Not as Attractive as It Seems
The Biden administration plans to build 500,000 charging stations for electrical vehicles as part of the recently passed infrastructure act at a price of $7.5 billion. “This investment represents the latest iteration of a proposal that started out with a budget of $15 billion for the same number of chargers, writes Neel Dhanesha on Vox….
Do I Want an Electrical Vehicle? My Personal Assessment
Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. (hburnett@heartland.org) is a senior fellow at The Heartland Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research center headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois. I’ve been thinking about electric vehicles a lot lately. My wife and I take pleasure trips every year—sometimes three- or four-day getaways, sometimes week-long vacations, sometimes longer journeys. Many of these trips are…
Only Union Shops, Please . . . for Electric Vehicles?
The Biden administration is counting on most electric cars being made in union shops, says Bruce Yandle in RealClearEnergy. That is the case even though the best-known EV maker is, of course, non-unionized Tesla. Yandle, a distinguished adjunct professor at the Mercatus Center, says: “Top leaders from Ford, GM, and Stellantis (formerly Fiat-Chrysler), along with…