Pressured by legal action from seventeen states that would have been impacted, California has agreed to not just drop enforcement of its electric truck mandate, but to repeal it entirely. Following the governor’s 2020 executive order that banned the sales of…
Before we let Democratic legislators get on their high horses about the Trump administration’s obliteration of California’s climate goals via its elimination of the federal electric vehicle mandate, let’s look at one statistic that should put matters in perspective. Between…
An interesting story broke the other day about Hino Motors — a subsidiary of Toyota that makes commercial vehicles such as heavy trucks and diesel engines — “defrauding” the United States because its diesel engines “emitted” more than the regulatory…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a normal state run by politicians who weren’t constantly trying to hose taxpayers to fund an ever-expanding list of dubious programs, it wouldn’t be particularly hard to solve a minor tax inequity problem. California’s roads and freeways…
Democrats lost their way once they allowed Donald Trump to direct them. What would Donald Trump do? Democrats then do the opposite. This greatly explains polls showing the party at its nadir. A much-cited NBC News poll pegs approval of…
The brilliance of the market economy is that the customer actually is the king, which has become obvious when it comes to electric vehicles. Like any product, EVs offer benefits and disadvantages that consumers can sort through on their own. Unfortunately,…
More than 40 years ago, you could buy an economical car. No such cars are made today. Even the term economy car has passed out of general usage in favor of entry-level. It’s a subtle shift in the way cars are talked…
There was a time — it was a long time ago, it seems — when car companies were in the business of designing and selling cars. They worked to make the cars they designed appealing as something more than just…
California political figures should not be permitted to impose their regulatory preferences on American consumers. Consumers who should have the freedom and latitude to select the cars that best suit their particular needs. At least that is what free-market activists…
