Chinese Electric Car Giants are Building in Mexico, It’s Alarming The US
By Lauren Fix Holy crap if China starts building cars in Mexico and is able to import them to the US with the tax credit because of the way the infrastructure bill is written, it will destroy the US auto market. Three major Chinese EV companies are planning new factories in Mexico, per the Financial […]
Germany Ends Electric Vehicle Subsidies Immediately!
By Lauren Fix Germany has decided to end its electric vehicle subsidy. On Wednesday, December 13th, German leaders announced the ending of these subsidies due to 2024 budget concerns. There was an environmental purchase premium for e-cars of up to 6,000 euros ($6,555 US). One of the foremost proponents of E-Mobility in Germany, has now […]
Why Car Prices Are Going to Go Up HUGE
By Lauren Fix The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobbying group in the U.S. that represents most major automakers, is once again criticizing the Biden Administration’s proposal to boost fuel economy standards. NHTSA is proposing to increase requirements at a rate of 2% per year for passenger cars and 4% per year for trucks and […]
NHTSA WANTS YOUR FEEDBACK ON ITS MANDATED ‘KILL SWITCHES’ COMING IN 2026
By Lauren Fix NHTSA (National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration) wants your feedback on its mandated ‘kill switches’ coming to all vehicles in 2026. We covered a story regarding the Biden-approved 2021 infrastructure bill that holds Section 24220 regarding a requirement for automakers to begin including a “vehicle kill switch” within the operating software of […]
Biden’s $7.5B Plan to Build 500,000 EV Chargers Has NOT Built a Single Charger
By Lauren Fix Another billion-dollar promise broken – no EV chargers built yet! Not even one! When President Joe Biden announced his billion-dollar plan to build 500,000 EV chargers, it seemed like a game-changing move for the electric vehicle industry. But here’s the harsh reality: not a single charger has been built. Despite the promises […]
CYBERTRUCK DEBUTS TO CHEERS & BOOS
By Lauren Fix It’s two years later than intended, but Tesla made its first deliveries of the Cybertruck to retail customers yesterday. Public reaction ranged from cheers to boos. Some people loved it, while most can’t get past the radical styling. Like Ford’s Lightning and Chevy’s Silverado EV, pricing for the Cybertruck is coming in […]
The Battle Begins: Car Dealers Challenge Biden’s Electric Vehicle Mandate
By Lauren Fix A coalition of almost 4,000 auto dealers nationwide sent an open letter to President Biden, calling on him to “tap the brakes” on his administration’s aggressive electric vehicle (EV) push. The coalition — which includes dealers located in all 50 states and who collectively sell every major car brand are taking aim […]
National Transportation Safety Board Calls For Speed-Limiting in Cars
By Lauren Fix We have played this game before. And we have won. Now it’s time to play it once more and we need your support! The NTSB urged 17 automakers to install intelligent speed-assistance technology in all new vehicles that, at a minimum, warns a driver when the vehicle is speeding. The National Transportation […]
Major Pushback Against Self Driving Cars – It’s NOT Good!
By Lauren Fix Did you know that Cruise, the autonomous vehicle (AV) operator owned by General Motors, has been asked by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to halve its operations in San Francisco following a crash into an emergency vehicle. The news came after a Cruise driverless taxi collided with a firetruck in a San Francisco intersection Aug. 17. Authorities […]
UPDATE – Car ‘Kill Switch’ House Vote Fails To Remove
By Lauren Fix I’m fired up and you should be too! I recently covered what was snuck inside the recently passed $1.2 trillion 1,100 page infrastructure bill. It is a proposal to have a lockout device to be installed in all new cars. This is no joke and has already passed in Congress and the […]