[jimjohn]

“Republicans pounce...”

[Gary from Dayton]

The Republicans pounce!

[TexasGator]

More than two-thirds of Americans say they are unlikely to purchase a n electric vehicle in the next three years,

[Steve_Seattle]

I’m convinced one of the main reasons for the rush to electric cars is to price as many people as possible out of owning any car at all.

[Magnum44]

Many of the attack lines are not true — the auto industry itself has largely embraced a shift to EVs

And why is this? Because an electric motor car has fewer parts, is actually easier to assemble and test, takes fewer workers to assemble, they can mark up the price and improve their profits, and they dont have to concern themselves with the lack of infrastructure or where the electricity comes from for the consumer.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Oh, puh-leeze!

Many of the attack lines are not true — the auto industry itself has largely embraced a shift to EVs...

There is ONLY ONE REASON that the industry has "largely embraced a shift to EVs" and there is ONLY ONE REAON that oil companies will never build another refinery...The GD federal government has coerced them, has driven the bogus global warming crap, has forced finance companies to abandon financing anything remotely related to fossil energy. It is most assuredly NOT market forces.

I got three sentences into the article and could not stand any more of the shallow AP propaganda by the government-run "free press."

AP wrote "attack lines are not true" -- yeah, I depend on some flunky hack J-School writer to adjudicate technical and economic truth for me. Never in a million years.

[NEMDF]

There was an interesting article (IIRC, it was from AP) in our Saturday or Sunday local newspaper.

The gist of it was that, many landlords and apartment complex management teams were NOT providing charging access for tenants needing to charge up their EVs. The article went on to suggest that maybe some legislation would be appropriate, to assure all renters have easy access for charging up.

How long until (at least in CA) we start seeing laws to this effect?

[Da Coyote]

Ah, journalists. They cannot understand how the unwashed masses cannot see the economic benefits of spending an extra $30-$40 kilobucks for a car that'll allow them to save around $10k or so on gas, followed by an additional $30k or so cost for replacement batters in a few years (if those batteries are available at all). They should be glad that journalism low-T, Low IQ box top degrees were available to those to whom anything besides simple addition & subtraction were akin to manifold calculus (yes, there is such a thing).

[SmokingJoe]

On social media, in political ads and at campaign rallies, Republicans say Democrats’ push for battery-powered transportation will leave Americans broke, stranded on the road and even in the dark.

Well the Dems are viciously attacking Musk (who's Tesla controls close to 70% in 2021 of the US EV market) even more.
Bet the AP are not eager to talk about all that.

[Honorary Serb]

EVs are expensive and explosively dangerous!!!! BAN them!!!!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“There’s still lots of selling to do before EVs catch on with the American people” said Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist

There they go again. Just improve "the message" and people will eventually bite. If only they could get their message out more persuasively. If only they owned more of the media in the country, they could get their message out.

It's never about engineering and economic truth. No, it's always that the stupid Bible-Toting Deplorables, Clingers, Chumps, Dregs and Smelly People reject what the Dems are selling. Just sell harder and people will bite.

[jimjohn]

“attack lines are not true”...

Okay, google “electric vehicle fires”, then click on the “images” tab.

Yeah, can’t wait to PAY EXTRA to put my family in one of these things. /s

[imabadboy99]

I missed the headline this morning that said “Democrats seize on Paul Pelosi attack!”

[griffin]

now it voter HESITANCY.

My, these word sluts really are getting to me.

[from occupied ga]

“There’s still lots of selling to do before EVs catch on with the American people

And there it is. One of the many problems with the Democrat mindset. They have to "sell the idea" - not that it's a bad idea (EVs are the epitome of bad ideas when it comes to individual transportation) but that the dumb serfs just have to have it explained to them so that they can see the wisdom of their (self-anointed) betters. Democrats never let go of a bad idea from their base theology (Government is their god - the bigger and more intrusive the government the better) no matter badly their ideas fail. They always go back to "we just didn't go far enough." if you do something dumb (and virtually all Democrat ideas ae dumb) Then doing ten times as much of it will somehow magically turn it around it it will work the way it was said to work.

EV's are Another Democrat "don't believe your lying eyes - trust us we know what's best." idea.

[Magnum44]

In the dystopian future, Mad Max doesnt have to torch your EV. Your EV torches itself (if you can still even find a charging station that works.)

[HamiltonJay]

EV’s are a niche.. period... trying to force them to be mainstream is ludicrous at the moment. Someday?? perhaps, today? Not remotely.

As a commuter vehicle, fine.. as a general purpose solution to transportation? Not remotely acceptable.

Claims they are “better for the earth” are dubious at best as well, but that’s a whole other discussion.

[blackdog]

Hold a conference on electric vehicles among experts. They are all required to drive to it. Enjoy the absurdities.

[Revel]

“will leave Americans broke, stranded on the road and even in the dark. Many of the attack lines are not true”

Everyone of those things is already provably false. They are already happening.

[Openurmind]

“Many of the attack lines are not true”.

Yes absolutely they are true... And obvious as hell. Only an total idiot can’t see the problems coming.