Biden’s Electric Vehicle Dreams Are Running Up Against Electoral, Electrical, and Economic Realities

In the marketplace, it’s clear the demand for electric vehicles is much smaller than that predicted by environmental enthusiasts and imposed on carmakers by the Biden administration.

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Electric cars at a charging station at Sacramento, California, April 13, 2022. AP/Rich Pedroncelli, file

President Trump’s anodyne if overexcited comment that the American auto industry would face a “bloodbath” if he’s not elected and doesn’t impose 50 percent or 100 percent tariffs on cars produced predictable results.

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