Experts Warn of Power Grid Blackouts and Electric Cars
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach The government keeps telling everyone that the war on fossil fuels can be beaten by purchasing electric cars. Americans are in a bind. We can’t avoid fossil fuels, they are literally used in everything we touch every day. As the average cost of gasoline reaches $5 per gallon and […]
How Much Fossil Fuel Does It Takes To Power An Electric Car?
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Millions of Americans are suffering the consequences of the Biden administration’s dysfunction at the gas pump. Prices are at record highs and some people are considering electric cars as an option to reduce their use of fossil fuels. That electricity has to come from somewhere, though. Wind and solar […]
Here’s Why Gasoline Prices are Spiking Again | Explained
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Prices at the gas pump are rising yet again. Today’s national average gas price is $4.59 (as of 5.23.2022). As we head into the summer months, the demand jumps, and prices are going to continue to jump up as well. We are hearing threats of $6 per gallon gasoline […]
What Should Drivers Know About Green Auto Loans in 2022?
The human race is facing a deadline. If we hope to prevent a devastating climate crisis, we need to reduce our global CO2 emissions. To keep things from getting worse, we need to reduce our emissions by 50 percent before 2030 with the goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. One of the best ways […]
When Will Gas Prices Go Down?
By Lauren Fix Gas prices are rising daily and hitting record numbers at the pump. This is causing financial pain at the pump for millions of drivers. Many people are asking why fuel is so expensive and who’s to blame. Consumers are wanting to know when they might see some relief and lower prices. Soaring gas […]
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine will Impact the Auto Industry, Electric Vehicles, and Gasoline Prices
By The Car Coach Lauren Fix President Joe Biden announced the US will ban Russian oil imports due to Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine. The impact of this will impact you at the pump, your ability to get vehicles and parts. Americans will start to feel some of its effects in more than just higher gas prices. […]
Ethanol Is Bad For the Environment
By Lauren Fix, Car Coach Reports We are all feeling the pain at the pump. As gasoline prices rose in the 15 years (or so) ago, some suggested that converting our corn supply to ethanol was the answer—and both the automotive industry and “environmentalists” quickly embraced the theory. Now, with hindsight always better than foresight, […]
Electric Car vs. Gas Car Costs: Which Truly Saves You The Most Money?
By The Car Coach Lauren Fix There is a push for every driver to switch to electric, and almost every automaker has invested billions of dollars into expanding their electric vehicle lineups with hopes that you will make the switch. Consumers, though, need to do the math and see what works best for them and […]
Savings That Cost You
No one ever saved money by spending it. The job of a salesman isn’t to save you money. It is to make money by convincing you to buy something. People who have money understand this principle often, having made a lot of it as salesmen, convincing other people of the opposite. Like a hybrid or an electric car, for […]
Bigger Electric
It’s interesting to me that the same people who seem to be outraged by the supposed chokehold applied by “Big Oil” to the prostrate American consumer are silent about its replacement: Bigger Electricity. Their silence about this is proof to me that their outrage over Big Oil was feigned. It’s difficult to conceive anything more centralized and […]