Politico: – April 12, 2024: Germany’s transport minister Volker Wissing in a letter to the parliamentary group leaders: “A reduction in traffic to help meet the climate goals would only be possible through measures that are difficult to communicate to the public, such as “comprehensive and indefinite driving bans on Saturdays and Sundays,” Wissing added. … If the planned reforms are not passed through parliament by July 15, Wissing warned, the Ministry for Digital and Transport would be obliged to submit an “immediate action program that ensures compliance with the annual emission levels of the transport sector” until 2030 — which would include a driving ban on weekends. …
“This claim is simply wrong,” Green parliamentary group leader Julia Verlinden told the German Press Agency, referring to Wissing’s threat of a weekend driving ban. She added that Wissing should not aggravate people unnecessarily because there are other ways to tackle climate issues, such as a speed limit.
EV Sales fall 30% in Germany and Minister threatens to ban cars on weekends
https://notrickszone.com/2024/04/13/germany-electric-car-sales-plummet-30-as-country-floats-idea-of-weekend-driving-ban/ By P Gosselin on 13. April 2024 There’s been a drastic drop in the registration of new electric cars in Germany as sales of the “clean” electric cars have slumped nearly 30% compared to a year earlier, reports Germany’s online Blackout News here. Also: Germany’s transportation minister, Dr. Volker Wissing, threatens weekend driving ban […]
https://joannenova.com.au/2024/04/calling-the-greens-bluff-ev-sales-fall-30-in-germany-and-minister-threatens-to-ban-cars-on-weekends/ By Jo Nova Electric cars and carbon target fantasies are hitting the wallRight when they are meant to be growing by double digits German EV car sales are down an astonishing 30% compared to a year ago. Their market share is actually shrinking. EV’s are not much good at reducing carbon dioxide over their […]
Robinette Hood: Here’s How Biden’s EV Agenda Will Take From The Poor And Give To The Rich By NICK POPE President Joe Biden’s massive electric vehicle (EV) agenda will subsidize the lifestyles of America’s well-to-do while hitting average people the hardest, economists and auto market analysts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration […]
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/04/09/papa_pete_demands_we_quit_clinging_to_our_religion_1023966.html By Duggan Flanakin April 09, 2024 Remember the American love for the open road? That paean to American freedom built on the automobile, but made possible by highways that also enabled trucks to deliver goods to just about any location quickly and safely? Hot cars are still popular today, as evidenced by the fact […]
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/ethiopia-ban-on-gas-vehicles/ By Kaiyo FunakiApril 6, 2024 Ethiopia announced earlier this year its plan to ban the import of all non-electric automobiles, becoming the first country to outlaw the entry of internal combustion engine vehicles. Electrek noted that specifics were scant but that the resolution served as a win for the nation’s environmental impact and economy. […]
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-ag-bill-barrs-free-market-group-sues-california-over-ev-truck-mandate By Thomas Catenacci Fox News A free market business group whose legal arm is led by two-time former U.S. Attorney General William Barr has filed a federal lawsuit against California over its climate regulations for phasing out diesel-powered heavy-duty vehicles. The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce – which was launched in 2022 to fight government regulations – filed […]
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/03/david-blackmon-biden-epas-electric-truck-mandate-is-truly-insane/ By DAVID BLACKMON In their continuing quest to electrify the U.S. automotive fleet against the clear will of the American people, the zealots in the Biden administration rolled out their new requirements related to heavy trucks on Good Friday. Amazingly, they did it in a way that will make the mandates even more expensive […]
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/04/ford-to-delay-all-electric-suv-to-focus-on-hybrid-vehicles.html By Michael Wayland Ford Motor is delaying production of an all-electric SUV and pickup truck. The automaker is instead focusing on offering hybrid options across its entire North American lineup by 2030. Ford says it will continue to invest in EVs, but the shift comes as the entire automotive industry has been rethinking plans […]
Marc Morano of the Climate Depot says this is similar to a past totalitarian state. “Back in East Germany…they made it where people could only drive one kind of car…the United States government through the EPA and these states…are bypassing democracy to replicate what they did in East Germany,” he says. “There was no vote in Congress…this is a controlled demolition of the American auto industry, and our freedom of movement,” he says. “They have about the same carbon footprint, or higher…they limit your freedom of movement…and they require a federal charging grid, which is opposite of the gas grid…which was de-centralized,” he says. “A centralized grid will bring the ability of the government to shut down charging stations nationwide the next time we have shutdowns over some real or imagined crisis.
