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 […]
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://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 […]
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-court-strikes-down-bidens-climate-rule-for-states By Thomas Catenacci Fox News A federal district court has overturned the Biden administration’s climate rule that required states to track and set reduction goals for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles on highways. In a sweeping judgment late Monday, Judge Benjamin Beaton of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ordered the Federal Highway Administration […]
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-biden-highway-climate-rule-states-2024-03-28/ (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Texas struck down a climate rule adopted by the Biden administration requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway system. Texas had sued the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in December, arguing the agency lacked legal authority to […]
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/27/how-long-to-rebuild-key-bridge/ How long will it take to rebuild the Key Bridge following its collapse? Excerpt: Natalie M. Scala, an associate professor at Towson University who directs the graduate program in supply chain management, said any “prudent bridge discussion” should include thinking about how the world will change over the next century, especially concerning how sea […]
Former Trump administration U.S. Dept of Transportation General Counsel & acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation Steve Bradbury: “Some of these agencies, their attention has been diverted to some extent to other policy goals like climate change, like social justice, equity, and that goes for the Coast Guard. It goes for the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Secretary Pete Buttigieg, etc.
International organizations are involved here too, and they are focused on climate change. It really makes you wonder whether some of these disasters at some point might be affected by that shift in focus, that shift in prioritization. Again, safety and security of infrastructure, that needs to be mission No. 1 and No. 2. … That’s top priority for Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, etc.”
