Biden’s Electric Vehicle Edict Pushes America Toward a Centrally Planned Economy

The conceit of so much modern press coverage rests on the assumption that the left’s ideas are part of an inevitable societal evolution toward enlightenment.

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A Tesla Model S is plugged in at a vehicle charging station, Seabrook, New Hampshire, August 24, 2018. AP/Charles Krupa, file

President Biden is set to “transform” and “remake” the entire auto industry — “first with carrots, now with sticks” — notes the Washington Post, as if dictating the output of a major industry is within the governing purview of the executive branch. 

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