Magic Cars

Guest Post by John Stossel

Politicians praise electric cars. If everyone buys them, they say, solar and wind power will replace our need for oil.But that’s absurd.Here is the rest of my list of “inconvenient facts” about electric cars.”The future of the auto industry is electric,” says President Joe Biden. He assumes a vast improvement in batteries. Better batteries are crucial because both power plants and cars need to store lots of electric power.But here’s inconvenient fact 3: Batteries are lousy at storing large amounts of energy.”Batteries leak, and they don’t hold a lot,” says physicist Mark Mills.

But future batteries will be better, I point out.

“Engineers are really good at making things better,” Mills responds, “but they can’t make them better than the laws of physics permit.”

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With Energy Grid Unreliable, Governor Newsom Announces All Cars To Be Wind-Up By 2035

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SACRAMENTO, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he would be requiring all cars in the state of California to be fully wind-up by 2035. Experts agree that wind-up vehicles will put less strain on the state’s weak power grid and help cut back on childhood obesity.

“I heard on the news that our state’s electrical infrastructure cannot support millions of people charging their electric vehicles simultaneously,” said a concerned Newsom. “Losing electricity at my winery is the last thing I want, so I’ve decided to alter the plan. New vehicles will no longer have to be electric.” Continue reading “With Energy Grid Unreliable, Governor Newsom Announces All Cars To Be Wind-Up By 2035”

Do Electric Cars Pencil Out?

Via Epic Peter Autos

A good way to think about what they’re trying to take away from us is to consider what ten gallons of gasoline weighs.

The figure is about 63 pounds, each gallon weighing just over six pounds. That 63 pounds of liquid energy will power a piston-engined car that averages 30 miles-per-gallon about 300 miles.

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Electric Cars Cost More Than Too Much

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Electric cars are costing us more than just too much money.

They’re also costing jobs.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Audi announced the end of 9,500 of them – to help finance the development of electric cars. “We are now tackling structural issues in order to prepare Audi for the challenges ahead,” said Audi’s CEO Bram Schot.

The “structural issues” he speaks of are the outlawing of other-than-electric cars by the German government, effective come 2030.

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And So They Drooled

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Pavolv’s dogs salivated whenever they heard the bell – even in the absence of food. They had been conditioned to associate the sound with the appearance of food.

The press reacts similarly when they hear the sound of Elon  . . . and that word.

“Electric.”

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Ich werde ein Prophet sein

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Today, I will be a prophet; the passage of time will tell whether my powers are strong  . . . or weak. I predict it will be necessary to level the playing field for electric cars,  in order for electric cars to ever be more than heavily hyped (and heavily subsidized) curiosities driven by the virtue-signaling affluent.

Here goes!

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The Shot Heard ‘Round the World?

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Is it bravery – at last – or desperation?

Both sometimes conspire to the same effect, the instinct to survive being overpowering.

GM, FiatChrysler, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru and Hyundai/Kia apparently want to survive. They have just announced they are opposed to what is doggedly and dishonestly portrayed as “clean” vehicles by the Fake News media.

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Stockholm Syndrome

Guest Post by Eric Peters

If four-year-old Chevys, Fords or Toyotas were bricking – going inert, not moving – and needed thousands of dollars of repairs to get going moving again – the people who owned them would demand a recall and other people would never buy a Chevy or a Ford or a Toyota, for the obvious reasons.

The government might even get involved!

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What’s it Going to Be?

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Something’s got to give – and will, soon.

Odds are it will be us. Giving more money, that is. Our punishment for not buying an electric car. Or put another way – to make it just as expensive for us to continue driving a non-electric car as it is to buy an electric car.

In order to “level the playing field.” Get ready – it’s coming.

It’ll be done in any of several ways. In China, people are allowed to drive non-electric cars, provided they pay an exorbitant  fee$14,000 – for the privilege. After winning a license plate lottery that allows them to pay the fee.

Winning the lottery can take years. But EVs can be registered immediately . . . and without the punitive fee. You just pay the punitive expense . . . for the EV.

In Western European countries, so-called “polluter pays” taxes are being applied to non-electric cars.

Bans on the use of non-electric cars in certain areas have also been enacted, transforming people’s non-EVs  into UVs . . .

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Climate Change Will Add to Unemployment in Auto Industry

Guest Post by Martin Armstrong

The internet reshaped the retail consumer world by eliminating many small stores and forcing big stores to close locations as online shopping exploded. Many small book stores and camera stores were particularly vulnerable. Now climate change is having a similar impact.

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A Tale of Two Sales

Guest Post by Eric Peters

BMW announced the other day it is cancelling production of the i3 – its first and so far only electric car.

The reason is pretty straightforward. They’re not selling well.

Correction: They’re not selling well here.

About 350-400 of them per month for the year so far – which works out to about seven or eight cars in each state per month. Which is probably why you haven’t seen an i3 yet.

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If “Emissions” Actually Mattered . . .

Guest Post by Eric Peters

The only electric cars that make sense are being phased out in favor of those that don’t.

Hybrids are electric cars without the electric car’s gimps – or costs. They can run without burning gas – but when you run out of electricity, you don’t have to wait for a charge to get going again  . . . because hybrids carry around their own chargers.

They do have batteries – but they’re smaller and so cost less.

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A Clover Speaks!

Guest Post by Eric Peters

I received the following from a Clover:

Denny writes: I’m afraid I am forced to conclude that you are either a liar or just plain stupid. You simply can’t be that ignorant. If you can somehow manage to get Elon Musk to build you a rocket to bring you from your planet to Earth you’ll find that people here really love their electric cars–especially Tesla owners – and are planning on abandoning ICE vehicles forever, regardless of losing tax incentives and regardless of whether global warming is real or just a hoax. I’m not sure what your problem is; maybe obsolete data, maybe simple prejudice, or maybe something more nefarious involving money, but one day you are going to wake up and find that you’ve been on the wrong side of history. Give it up. The future is electric!

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At The Crossroads

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Have you ever heard the story about Robert Johnson at the crossroads?

Johnson was a blues man, back in the ‘20s. The story goes he acquired his skill as a blues man by signing a contract with Legba – a term now out of currency for you-know-who.

The Devil, in case you don’t.

Johnson sold his soul to play the blues.

What has this to do with cars?

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The Amen Corner

Guest Post by Eric Peters

I’ve written about the media’s active complicity in pushing the EV Agenda. This includes the car media, which seems to have very few car people behind the bylines. Car people being people who regard cars as more than transportation – as a service or otherwise. And who – as journalists – ought at least to be asking relevant questions to get answers relevant to people who consider cars more than mere transportation.

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The Mobile Space Heater

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Have you ever run an electric space heater in a room with no other source of heat – when the air temperature is say minus 10 (or lower) as it is right now in many states? You stay warm, sort of – but you can almost see the dollars burning in the red hot glow of the coils.

The good news is the space heater doesn’t have to move the room down the road at 60 MPH, too.

It’s also connected to the grid – not a battery. So while it costs a fortune to run, at least you won’t run out – of heat, that is.

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