<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">Florida</a> Governor Ron DeSantis warned in an interview over the weekend that the push from Democratic politicians to make everyone have an electric vehicle presents serious risks to U.S. national security and the economy.
DeSantis made the remarks during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; when asked about President Joe Biden joining the picket line with striking auto workers.
&#8220;They are going to really hurt the whole automobile industry. It is going to hurt jobs, forcing EVs,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;A lot of people don’t want EVs, a lot of Americans can’t afford EVs. It will make our country more dependent on communist China which we definitely don’t need to be doing.&#8221;
&#8220;What they’re doing in California, Newsom and Biden have partnered up, they are requiring these big rigs to be electric,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And so, we’re at the Port of Long Beach, this is very important to be able to move product for the entire country’s economy. These big rigs, they go, like 100 miles on an electric, then they’ve got to do a charge. It is totally, totally ridiculous. So, I’m going to come in as president, we’re going to reverse all of those Biden EV mandates, we’re going to save the American automobile.&#8221;
DeSantis said that forcing big rigs to become electric will &#8220;impact our supply chain&#8221; because they need to be recharged so frequently which will &#8220;hurt inflation, that will hurt our economy.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s putting ideology ahead of anything that’s practical, and I think the truckers were really excited we were there to shine a light on some of the insanity that’s going on out California,&#8221; he added.
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GOP candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be speaking in Long Beach ahead of the California GOP Convention.

DeSantis Highlights Danger Electric Vehicles Present To U.S. National Security And Economy

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As it relates to the president&#8217;s claims that &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/collections/bidenomics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bidenomics</a>&#8221; is good for the American autoworker, or any other kind of American worker for that matter,  the president is &#8220;full of s***&#8221; — to steal a phrase from the man himself.
The Biden administration&#8217;s push to &#8220;electrify&#8221; the car industry is going to kill hundreds of thousands of jobs. He&#8217;s tried to stave off the backlash by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-auto-strike-looms-biden-admin-announces-15-5-billion-for-electric-vehicle-manufacturers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sending billions</a> to &#8220;retrofit&#8221; existing factories, but even then plenty of well-paying roles will be eliminated in key swing states, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-pushes-electric-vehicles-which-kill-union-jobs-auto-workers-engine-epa-685b14a1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one study</a>.
To try and pull the wool over the eyes of the striking United Autoworkers&#8217; eyes, Biden recently joined the picket line on Tuesday in Michigan. While there, Biden promised he was on the side of the blue-collar voter, all while ignoring that his administration&#8217;s goal of <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/complete-transformation-new-biden-rule-would-force-automakers-to-ditch-gas-sell-electric-vehicles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boosting electric car</a> sales will push auto manufacturing to countries like China where it is cheaper to make parts necessary for such vehicles.
For many, the scene brought to mind another time on the 2020 campaign trail when Biden was videotaped lashing out at a Michigan factory worker who dared stick up to him over gun rights. While then-candidate Biden was touring a Fiat Chrysler plant in Detroit, a worker accused Biden of  &#8220;actively trying to end our Second Amendment rights.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re full of s***!&#8221; Biden said before calling him a &#8220;horse&#8217;s a**.&#8221;
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) shared the clip on Wednesday, saying, &#8220;Don’t ever forget how Joe Biden actually feels about working-class Americans. What kind of elected leader talks to voters that way?&#8221;
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Don’t ever forget how Joe Biden actually feels about working class Americans. 
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Former President Donald J. Trump also spoke in Michigan this week, and pointedly told UAW, &#8220;Biden&#8217;s mandate isn&#8217;t a government regulation, it&#8217;s a government assassination of your jobs and your industry. The auto industry is being assassinated.&#8221;
He added, explaining that so long as the Biden administration is focused on forcing EVs onto the American people, the auto industry will suffer.
&#8220;And it makes no difference what you get, I don&#8217;t care what you get in the next two weeks or three weeks or five weeks,&#8221; he said of contract negotiations. They&#8217;re going to be closing up and they&#8217;re going to be building those cars in China and other places. It&#8217;s a hit job on Michigan and on Detroit, and that&#8217;s not sustainable.&#8221;
Indeed, CNN has asked the Biden administration what they have to say to &#8220;rank-and-file&#8221; union members who oppose EV, in spite of union &#8220;leadership&#8221; that wants it to happen.
Well, in short, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg dismissed such concerns with the same attitude Biden had toward the Fiat Chrysler employer in 2020.
&#8220;Look, this technology is happening,&#8221; he said bluntly this week. &#8220;It is coming. It is coming no matter what.&#8221;
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Pete Buttigieg on whether the lack of rank-and-file worker support for Biden&#39;s forced EV &quot;transition&quot; is a &quot;problem&quot;:
&quot;Look, this technology is happening. It is coming. It is coming no matter what.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/WEK7Izm3HW">pic.twitter.com/WEK7Izm3HW</a>
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It should be noted there was an overlooked quote from Biden&#8217;s infamous interaction with that autoworker in March of 2020. The worker said to Biden, &#8220;You’re working for me, man.&#8221;
“I’m not working for you,” Biden retorted — a remark explained away or ignored by legacy media.
Now, as his EV push threatens to destroy the livelihoods of Americans everywhere, that statement seems to be remarkably true. Biden&#8217;s not working on behalf of U.S. autoworkers — no matter what he said at his stop at the picket line.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

TOPSHOT – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has heated exchange meets workers and discusses gun rights as he tours the Fiat Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan on March 10, 2020.

Flashback: Biden Tells Auto Worker He’s ‘Full Of S***’ In Resurfaced 2020 Clip

Biden Tells Auto Worker He’s ‘Full Of S***’: 2020 Clip Resurfaces Amidst UAW Strike

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that cars were &#8220;going electric&#8221; whether the people were ready to go along with them or not.
Buttigieg made the comments during a CNN appearance — in response to a question about President Joe Biden&#8217;s visit to speak with striking auto workers on the United Auto Workers (UAW) picket lines in Michigan.
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The Transportation Secretary referenced Biden&#8217;s appearance in Michigan and the fact that auto workers have voiced concerns about the transition to electric vehicles — and where that could leave their jobs moving forward.
Buttigieg began with a callback to his hometown of South Bend, Indiana, where he name-dropped two local UAW chapters before pivoting to talk about the economy and the transition to electric vehicles.
&#8220;Look, I come from South Bend, Indiana,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the home of UAW Local 5 and UAW Local 9, I saw how the past generation of union auto jobs helped build the middle class build communities like the one I grew up in.&#8221;
&#8220;I also saw what happened when those factories closed,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;What the UAW is trying to do right now is to make sure that this next chapter of auto industry, which, let&#8217;s be very clear, these cars are going electric with or without us.&#8221;
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While President Biden was on the picket line in Michigan, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) made an appearance at a UAW protest in Wentzville, Missouri — where he took aim at the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts to force the auto industry to go electric &#8220;with or without&#8221; the workers.
&#8220;I&#8217;d call on the Biden Admin right now: Cancel all of your terrible electric mandates that are killing these guys and taking their jobs,&#8221; Hawley said. &#8220;And these companies &#8230; need to invest in America and in American workers.&#8221;
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&quot;I&#39;d call on the Biden Admin right now: Cancel all of your terrible electric mandates that are killing these guys and taking their jobs.
&quot;And these companies [&#8230;] need to invest in America and in American workers.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/fMppoa2261">pic.twitter.com/fMppoa2261</a>
&mdash; Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenHawleyPress/status/1706701723325145193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Pete Buttigieg: ‘Cars Are Going Electric, With Or Without Us’

Pete Buttigieg: 'Cars Are Going Electric, With Or Without Us'

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> slammed President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> on Tuesday over his electric vehicle push, saying his policies would destroy the American auto industry. 
Trump&#8217;s comments come ahead of a planned appearance at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> auto parts manufacturing plant on Wednesday evening, where he will speak to workers. On Tuesday, Biden made a brief appearance in Michigan, joining the picket line with workers from the United Auto Workers union who have been striking for nearly two weeks. 
“Joe Biden&#8217;s draconian and indefensible Electric Vehicle mandate will annihilate the U.S. auto industry and cost countless thousands of autoworkers their jobs. The only thing Biden could say today that would help the striking autoworkers is to announce the immediate termination of his ridiculous mandate,” Trump said in a <a href="https://djt.nucleusemail.com/amplify/v/j9qQWR6NZg?hids=E2gue4r&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=ncl_amplify&amp;utm_campaign=230926-statement_by_donald_j_trump_45th_president_of_the_united_states_duplicate&amp;utm_content=ncl-djhpq8YZhu&amp;_nlid=djhpq8YZhu&amp;_nhids=E2gue4r" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. 
The Biden administration has aggressively pushed a “transition” from gas-fueled cars to electric vehicles, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-administration-aims-2-bln-grants-us-electric-vehicle-transition-2023-06-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allocating</a> billions of dollars toward electric vehicle manufacturing, with the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/17/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-private-and-public-sector-investments-for-affordable-electric-vehicles/#:~:text=Federal%20Government&amp;text=President%20Biden's%20Federal%20Sustainability%20Plan,duty%20ZEVs%20annually%20by%202035." target="_blank" rel="noopener">goal</a> of making electric vehicles half of all new vehicle sales nationwide by 2030. 
“Anything else is just a feeble and insulting attempt to distract American labor from this vicious Biden betrayal,&#8221; Trump’s statement continued. &#8220;Crooked Joe should be ashamed to show his face before these hardworking Americans he is stabbing in the back. With Biden, it doesn’t matter what hourly wages they get, in three years there will be no autoworker jobs as they will all come out of China and other countries. With me, there will be jobs and wages like you’ve never seen before. Our economy will grow!” 
Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/09/26/remarks-by-president-biden-at-united-auto-workers-picket-line/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> with UAW President Shawn Fain during his visit to the picket line on Tuesday, saying that the workers should receive higher pay. Not all workers were thrilled to see Biden, with some referencing his electric vehicle push. 
&#8220;He hasn&#8217;t really shown us anything. He&#8217;s giving companies all these big incentives to push towards electric vehicles and it&#8217;s going to eliminate our jobs as UAW members,&#8221; Jason Richards, a forklift operator at a Ford plant, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/among-michigans-striking-autoworkers-a-tepid-welcome-for-union-joe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Washington Free Beacon. &#8220;It takes a whole lot less people to build an electric vehicle than a gas-powered vehicle.&#8221;
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Biden announced his visit to the picket line days after Trump said he would forgo the second presidential debate to speak to auto workers in Michigan. Fain has been critical of Trump, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/united-auto-workers-president-blasts-trump-ahead-michigan-visit-rcna117563#:~:text=Trump%20will%20fly%20to%20Michigan,workers%20on%20the%20picket%20line." target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> he “serves a billionaire class and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s wrong with this country.”
When <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/autoworkers-strike-expands-ahead-of-expected-appearances-from-trump-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> asked about the strike, Trump, who has long been critical of the U.S. economic relationship with China, said that the workers had been “sold down the river by their leadership” and that they should support him.

Donald Trump Speaks In South Carolina As He Campaigns For President

Trump Says Biden Policies Will ‘Annihilate’ American Auto Industry Ahead Of Michigan Appearance

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Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) hopes for GOP victories in the state legislature in the 2023 election as he eyes a path to end Virginia’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate. 
Under Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, Virginia joined 16 other states in adhering to California’s air quality standards designed to push EV sales while ending the sale of new gas-powered vehicles. A spokeswoman for Youngkin said Monday that the mandate “defies common sense” and has had poor results in California, The Washington Examiner <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/youngkin-looks-cut-ev-mandate-after-november-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
&#8220;It defies common sense that Democrats in Virginia have continued to outsource decision-making on energy policy,&#8221; Youngkin spokeswoman Macaulay Porter told the Examiner. &#8220;California&#8217;s requirements for their citizens should not be a one-size-fits-all solution for Virginia.&#8221;
Virginia Democrats blocked an attempt to end the mandate in January as the party retains control of the state Senate, but Republicans, who hold a majority in the state House, look to take control of the state Senate in the state elections in November. Every seat in the state legislature is up for re-election as Republicans hope to continue the momentum the party gained from the 2021 election when it gained control of the lower chamber and the executive branch. 
Youngkin’s offices slammed state Democrats for keeping the EV mandate in place which was decided by unelected officials in California.  
&#8220;In a partisan fashion, Virginia&#8217;s Democrats blocked Gov. Youngkin&#8217;s legislative proposal this year to remove Virginia from the California model,&#8221; Porter said. &#8220;Their actions have allowed Virginia to be hostage to the extreme policies of unelected bureaucrats in California. We have seen the results of the poor energy planning in California, and we will work to ensure that is not the energy future for Virginia.&#8221;
The air quality <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-regulators-approve-banning-new-gas-car-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rules</a> put in place by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will go into effect at incremental levels in 2026 before building to a 100% ban of new gas car sales in 2035. The ban was proposed by CARB last year to achieve Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s goal of reducing emissions by eliminating the sale of new gas cars by 2035. Seventeen states, including Virginia, adopted the CARB emissions rules, implementing standards set by a board of bureaucrats in California in jurisdictions from New Mexico and Nevada to as far east as New York and Maine. 
In January, Youngkin decried the California board making decisions for people in Virginia. 
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&#8220;What the previous administration did was outsourced it to California to bureaucrats that aren&#8217;t even elected by Virginians to dictate whether we buy cars that are powered by electricity or by fossil fuels,&#8221; Youngkin said. &#8220;This should be a decision taken by Virginians.&#8221;
The Republican governor in January also stopped a potential Ford EV battery plant from opening up in his state over its connection to the Chinese Communist Party. Youngkin refused to consider the Ford plant, which would have been operated in partnership with Chinese company Contemporary Amperex Technology, saying, the Chinese-owned company would “try to tap into taxpayer benefits at the state level as well as the federal level that were specifically designated for non-Chinese communist party entities.”

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‘Hostage To Extreme Policies’: Youngkin Looks To Repeal Virginia EV Mandate Dictated By California Bureaucrats

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper grilled Ford CEO Jim Farley during an interview this week about the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike that is impacting America&#8217;s big three automakers.
Around 13,000 auto workers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/workers-walk-out-at-three-major-auto-factories-after-biden-predicted-strike-wouldnt-happen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stopped</a> working as picketing began outside a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan; a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio. The strike comes after weeks of negotiations between the union and leadership at the automakers.
A CNN reporter was interviewing Farley when Tapper interrupted her and to point out what the head of the UAW was saying.
&#8220;I just wanted to pass on a question based on something he told me the other day which is that over the last four years, each of the Big Three car manufacturers&#8217; CEOs, in addition to their multimillion dollar salaries, they received on average of 40 percent pay increase,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;So why are the auto workers wanting a raise beyond what&#8217;s been asked, why is that so offensive compared to the 40 percent raises they have given themselves?&#8221;
Farley said that the company was &#8220;really open to huge increases&#8221; in the &#8220;double digit&#8221; range, &#8220;increases we have never seen before, 20-plus percent.&#8221;
Farley said that going to 40 percent would put the company out of business and that he refused to cut the company&#8217;s push for electric vehicles, despite <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/ford-set-lose-billion-electric-vehicles-year-despite-increased-revenue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">losing</a> $4.5 billion in the endeavor.
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&#8220;There&#8217;s a fine line here that we won&#8217;t go past, which is we want everyone to participate in our success. But if it prevents us from investing in this transition to EVs and in future products like the ones we have now, like new F-150, bestselling vehicle in the world — in the U.S., then everyone&#8217;s job is at risk if we don&#8217;t invest,&#8221; he said.
Tapper pushed back, &#8220;It&#8217;s just there have been record auto profits, bailouts by the U.S. government. These huge raises that these CEOs are giving themselves, and I just wonder, why there isn&#8217;t more of a desire of the CEOs to have the workers share in the profits that are coming in to these automakers who just need we remind him were bailed outside by the U.S. taxpayer a few years ago?&#8221;
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2023 North American International Auto Show Held In Detroit, Michigan

Ford CEO Jim Farley On Auto Strike: ‘Transition To EVs’ Is Top Priority Despite Losing $4.5 Billion

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The Biden administration plans to spend $100 million in an effort to aid America’s electric car drivers by repairing and replacing thousands of chargers people use for their vehicles.
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The funding for the work comes from 2021’s bipartisan infrastructure bill — which allotted $7.5 billion for charging — and will attempt to fix or replace roughly 6,000 chargers classified as “temporarily unavailable.” Power issues, routine maintenance, or damage from vandals could contribute to the unavailability of the chargers, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/even-transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-cant-find-a-reliable-ev-charger-f6c9e777?st=d4n705rixqyogf5&amp;mod=e2twp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, noting that roughly 150,000 public charging ports already exist publicly.
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The Biden administration wants a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle chargers by 2030.
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Elon Musk’s Tesla, which has its own network, has a low failure rate of 4% of its charging stations, compared to 20% of other charging stations, according to an August study from J.D. Power. J.D. Power&#8217;s <a href="https://www.jdpower.com/business/automotive/electric-vehicle-consideration-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2023 Electric Vehicle Consideration Study</a> <a href="https://reason.com/2023/09/12/e-v-summer-road-trips-are-we-there-yet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> 61% percent of shoppers were likely thinking of purchasing an electric vehicle; among people not considering an EV, 49% said charging station unavailability was their greatest worry.
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While “most EV owners will say charging is one of the greatest benefits of ownership, because 85% of it is done at home,” Stewart Stropp, J.D. Power&#8217;s executive director of E.V. intelligence, stated, “it&#8217;s the exceptional use case—like a vacation road trip—that&#8217;s holding shoppers back.”
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Meanwhile, Zooz Power, out of Israel, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/zooz-power-debuts-its-ultra-fast-power-booster-for-electric-vehicles-in-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Wednesday its first charging system available in the United States, located in Rock Hill, South Carolina. That system is intended to showcase the system, which converts electrical energy into kinetic energy. The company stated that the booster can fully recharge batteries within 15 minutes.
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“This is a significant milestone as we accelerate our penetration into the US market,” Zooz CEO Boaz Weizer stated. “We recently announced a pilot installation at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and additional pilot projects with the New York Power Authority and a large car rental agency.”
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Other solutions have been proposed and even worked on to combat the problem of energy for electric vehicles. Some developers have been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ev-charging-service-mobile-432572f2?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working on electrified roads</a>, where vehicles can charge while in motion or stopped. Electreon Wireless, an Israeli company, ran a Toyota RAV4 hybrid using only battery power on a partially electrified test track for 100 hours while traveling 1,200 miles. The company has partially electrified roads in Israel, Sweden, and Germany.
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Several Major Automakers Pledge To Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Network Throughout U.S.

Biden Administration To Spend $100 Million Upgrading EV Chargers

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Not even Mainers want to be California — at least that&#8217;s the takeaway after Pine Tree State residents slammed a proposed statewide crackdown on fossil fuels this week.
On Thursday, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection heard feedback on a proposal that would phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles. According to <a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/17/politics/maine-board-environmental-protection-hearing-gas-powered-electric-vehicles/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDon't%20turn%20Maine%20into%20California%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20John,extract%20raw%20materials%20for%20batteries." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bangor Daily News (BDN)</a>,  Maine&#8217;s state government instead incentivizes electric vehicles. The impetus behind this central-planning and government interference is the supposed threat of climate change and is similar to laws in the Golden State.
Maine resident John Barkley, a former California resident, blasted the proposal.
&#8220;Don’t turn Maine into California,&#8221; he said defiantly.
Barkley wasn&#8217;t done, adding that Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D-CA) example is not one that Maine should follow.
&#8220;I am not a fan of any of these policies,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need Gavin Newsom and the policies of California to come in here to Maine.&#8221;
Barkley, who was not alone in his opposition to the government overreach, also questioned who exactly was pushing for this policy.
&#8220;I moved to Maine because I wanted to get away to a very peaceful, rural area where my air is just fine,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;So I question if a lot of this movement is coming from people who do live in a city area versus a rural area.&#8221;
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For her part, Governor Janet Mills (D-ME) has said she is against adopting the sort of policy proposed by the Environmental Protection Board — but has made it a goal to have 219,000 electric vehicles registered in Maine by 2030. According to BDN, Maine is still 96% away from achieving that goal.
Individuals like State Representative Joshua Morris (R) questioned the practicality of this plan.
&#8220;How often in Maine do people lose power?&#8221; Morris posited. &#8220;Especially in the winter, if they lose power, they&#8217;re not going to be able to charge their vehicle.&#8221;
&#8220;There are not enough adjectives to describe how bad this policy is for the people of Maine. It&#8217;s callous, aloof, unthinking, unfeeling, unworkable, and simply cruel. Hardworking Mainers deserve better from their government than this policy pushed by a far-left extremist group,&#8221; Morris added.
As <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2023/08/massive-turnout-for-public-hearing-on-proposed-california-style-vehicle-emissions-regulations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out by The Maine Wire</a>, several of those who argued in favor of the proposal claimed that it didn&#8217;t go far enough. The rule would require that 43% of new vehicle sales be zero-emission in 2027 and that 82% of new sales be <a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/17/politics/maine-board-environmental-protection-hearing-gas-powered-electric-vehicles/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDon't%20turn%20Maine%20into%20California%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20John,extract%20raw%20materials%20for%20batteries." target="_blank" rel="noopener">zero-emission by 2032</a>.
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The investment firm run by liberal billionaire George Soros was a major investor in a now-bankrupt electric bus company that was heralded by the Biden administration as the future of green transit, and lost as much as $105 million in the two years since the company went public, according to a Daily Wire analysis.
Soros Fund Management was one of the earliest investors in Proterra — when the company went public in June 2021 the fund owned 7.75 million shares of the company, an investment worth over $132 million dollars, according to legally required quarterly disclosures. The stock price of the electric bus company has only fallen since then, and while Soros initially bought an additional 220,000 shares of the company in the final quarter of 2021, he offloaded shares in every quarter since as news of the company&#8217;s shortcomings spooked investors.
An analysis of the firm’s <a href="https://stockcircle.com/portfolio/george-soros/ptra/transactions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">position in Proterra</a> based on quarterly disclosures since June 2021 found that Soros already lost up to $105 million on Proterra entering the current quarter, during which the company <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ev-firm-proterra-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-2023-08-07/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a>. Even if the fund managed to sell off stock at its highest price each quarter, it would have lost over $68 million, the analysis found.
The liberal billionaire and Democrat Party financier&#8217;s bet on Proterra appeared promising in its early stage. The company received significant support from the Biden administration, with the president taking a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lCHaPSW7s&amp;t=906s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tour</a> of one of Proterra&#8217;s electric battery facilities in April 2021, and declaring that companies like Proterra were going to help the United States &#8220;own the future.&#8221; The tour came in the wake of Biden’s $1.9 trillion infrastructure plan, which included a <a href="https://time.com/6117544/electric-school-buses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$5 billion allocation</a> towards electric school buses, one of Proterra’s main products.
The infrastructure plan wasn’t the only piece of legislation that the company stood to gain from. Proterra’s Chief Legal Officer JoAnn Covington <a href="https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/buckle-up-climate-law-to-turbocharge-sales-of-electric-trucks-and-buses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the Inflation Reduction Act would also benefit the company through tax credits and new funding sources for electrical vehicle manufacturers. She also stated that the law will ​&#8221;open up opportunities to accelerate adoption of battery-electric and zero-emissions vehicles to all the other commercial segments on the cusp of being electrified.&#8221;
Biden later went on to <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/28/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-18/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appoint</a> Proterra CEO Gareth Joyce to the President’s Export Council, which advises the President on international trade, in February 2023. But the ties between the administration and Proterra run even deeper.
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm previously sat on the board of Proterra and held up to $5 million in stock options in the corporation, prompting U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to <a href="https://www.energy.senate.gov/2021/4/barrasso-requests-inspector-general-review-of-secretary-granholm-s-investments-in-electric-bus-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">request a review</a> of a potential conflict of interest in a letter sent to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Energy. She divested from her stake in the company in May 2021 amid the concerns — a financially fortunate turn of events given its complete collapse. Granholm is facing calls from conservative groups to <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/conservatives-resignation-jennifer-granholm-apparent-ethics-violations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resign</a> due to “ethical lapses” regarding the investment.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) compared the administration’s promotion of the company to the Obama administration’s Solyndra scandal, and predicted that the company could turn out to be an even &#8220;worse&#8221; investment.
&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s decision to heavily promote a business where his energy secretary holds a multimillion-dollar stake has all the potential to be even worse than Solyndra,&#8221; Cruz <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/worse-than-solyndra-republicans-press-for-information-on-biden-admins-favorite-electric-battery-company/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in April 2021.
The company&#8217;s collapse came as its buses failed to perform across the country. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for example, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/report-philadelphias-proterra-fleet-in-complete-shambles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$24 million worth of Proterra buses</a> were taken off the road after it was discovered that their electric batteries didn&#8217;t provide enough power for the buses to complete their routes. The heavy batteries were also reportedly cracking the bus chassis, leading to safety concerns. Another one of Philadelphia&#8217;s Proterra buses <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/septa-proterra-electric-bus-battery-fire-philadelphia-20221111.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caught on fire</a> in November 2022 — fires have also occurred on the company&#8217;s electric buses in <a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/ct-ev-bus-fire-lithium-battery-ntsb-report-18206381.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Connecticut</a>, and <a href="https://protectpublicstrust.org/in-the-news/report-bus-fire-causes-california-agency-to-consider-retiring-electric-buses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>.
It is unclear whether Soros&#8217; firm still owns any Proterra stock, which at the time of this writing is <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PTRA/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">valued at just 8 cents a share</a>. The firm&#8217;s <a href="https://whalewisdom.com/filer/soros-fund-management-llc#tabholdings_tab_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recent filing</a> shows that it still owned 2.3 million shares at the end of June, when the company was trading at $1.20 a share. At its current price, the once-promising investment would be worth just about $200,000.
Proterra is now facing mounting shareholder lawsuits, which <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/shareholder-alert-the-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-of-proterra-inc-of-a-class-action-lawsuit-and-a-lead-plaintiff-deadline-of-september-12-2023-nasdaq-ptra-c79e8f15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allege</a> that the company “made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose” financial information that affected share prices.
Soros Fund Management did not respond to a request for comment.

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Ford Motor Company expects to lose a whopping $4.5 billion from its electric vehicles (EVs) this year, the company said in its second-quarter earnings report <a href="https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/07/27/second-quarter-2023-financial-results.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">released</a> Thursday.
The Michigan-based automaker said its all-electric vehicle division, called &#8220;Ford Model e,&#8221; has already <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/ford-shares-fall-ev-warning-f150-recall-7567136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost</a> more than $2.8 billion in the first two quarters of this year, including $1.8 billion in the second quarter alone or <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2023/07/ford-loses-over-32000-per-ev-during-the-second-quarter-shifts-production-goals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about</a> $32,000 for every EV Ford has sold.
Ford said the loss reflects the &#8220;pricing environment, disciplined investments in new products and capacity, and other costs.&#8221; The car company struggled to compete with Tesla, which <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2023/04/elon-musk-is-willing-to-sacrifice-teslas-premium-image-to-take-down-the-likes-of-ford/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lowered</a> prices for its electric models earlier this year.
Back in March, Ford <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-sees-3-billion-pretax-loss-its-ev-business-this-year-2023-03-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to lose only about $3 billion from electric vehicles this year, but the company bumped that projection up to $4.5 billion last week.
The disappointing numbers come after Ford made a big push for electric vehicles last year.
The carmaker said it would ramp up its electric vehicle production to 600,000 cars a year by the end of this year. Now, Ford says it will hit that goal next year instead.
In the meantime, Ford executives say the company is working on several new hybrid model cars, which <a href="https://www.ford.com/new-hybrids-evs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">can operate</a> in either electric mode or gas mode.
“You’re going to see a lot more hybrid systems from us,” CEO Jim Farley said Thursday after the company&#8217;s earnings report was released.
“What the customer really likes is when we take a hybrid system that’s more efficient for certain duty cycles and then we add new capabilities because of the batteries,” Farley said.
Farley said Ford has been &#8220;surprised, frankly&#8221; at the popularity of the hybrid model for the F-150 pickup truck. More than <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/28/ford-embraces-hybrids-as-it-loses-billions-on-evs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10% of</a> Ford buyers who purchased the pickup truck bought the hybrid model, he said.
Also, more than half, 56% of Ford customers who bought Ford&#8217;s Maverick pickup truck bought the hybrid version.
“We’re seeing a lot of customers like that combination of using the batteries for something beyond just moving the vehicle,” Farley said. “And so we’re just listening to the market.”
Some of Ford&#8217;s hybrids <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/28/ford-embraces-hybrids-as-it-loses-billions-on-evs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allow</a> users to plug power tools into the car&#8217;s battery or plug in a refrigerator for a tailgate party.
Ford is still moving forward with its plans for electric cars, but may take quite a while for the company to start profiting from them.
Ford sold only 34,000 electric vehicles and hybrids combined in the second quarter of this year, and only 61,575 electric vehicles in the U.S. in all of last year. Some experts <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2022/11/16/ev-makers-are-not-losing-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-on-every-car-sold/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">say</a> it takes about 100,000 cars sold to even start turning a profit on a new model.
However, the company also touted that its electric vehicle revenue is up 39% and that Ford maintains low prices for electric cars, &#8220;further establishing leadership ahead of [the] industry’s next-generation EVs.&#8221;
Ford still turns a massive profit thanks to other sectors of the company, raking in $45 billion in the second quarter with a net income of $1.9 billion.
The automobile industry as a whole has raced to adapt ahead of potential government regulations that would require them to produce more electric cars, with car companies spending tens of billions of dollars to develop electric models.
In April, the Biden administration&#8217;s Environmental Protection Agency proposed a requirement that would <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-proposes-hike-vehicle-fuel-economy-standards-58-mpg-by-2032-2023-07-28/">cut</a> emissions by 56% and result in 67% of new vehicles being electric by 2032.
The Department of Energy has also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-proposes-slash-ev-mileage-ratings-meet-fuel-economy-rules-2023-04-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> regulations that would push car makers towards electric vehicles, rejecting criticism from some car makers that the rules could cost the auto industry hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties by 2031.

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Ford Loses Billions On Electric Cars, Embraces Hybrids

Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-mere-traffic-ticket-trump-slams-doj-for-hunter-biden-plea-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> addressed the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/african-alliance-while-biden-pushes-electric-vehicles-china-leads-the-race-for-rare-earth-metals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">electric vehicle</a> industry Sunday during a pit stop in America’s auto manufacturing capital, warning that the regulatory push for EVs will kill Michigan jobs. 
While speaking to Republicans in Oakland County, Trump blasted President Joe Biden for his “environmental extremism” that is placing “ridiculous regulations” on the EV industry, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4067252-trump-takes-aim-at-ev-industry-during-speech-to-michigan-republicans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“Driven by his ridiculous regulations, electric cars will kill more than half of U.S. auto jobs and decimate the suppliers that they decimated already — decimate the suppliers and it’s going to decimate your jobs and it’s going to decimate more than anybody else, the state of Michigan,” Trump said. “It’s going to be decimation. It’s going to be at a level that that people can’t even imagine.”
“The state of Michigan is going to be decimation,” he added. “It’s going to be at a level that people can’t even imagine.”
The Biden administration wants to electrify 67% of all commercial passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2032. The White House released a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/12/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-proposes-new-standards-to-protect-public-health-that-will-save-consumers-money-and-increase-energy-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact sheet</a> announcing investments for the car industry, intending to boost EV purchases to make up half of all new vehicle sales by 2030. As part of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which seeks “to bring a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable transportation future to Americans,” certain buyers receive tax credits for purchasing new and used EVs.
The Michigan economy is fueled by the auto industry, which makes up more than <a href="https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2022/michigan-adds-jobs-as-auto-employment-plummets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">175,000 jobs</a> in the state. Ford and GM, both Michigan-based automakers, have moved toward EV manufacturing with encouragement from the White House. Reports last week indicated that Ford is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ford-gets-9-2-billion-loan-from-biden-admin-for-ev-battery-factories-biggest-check-since-2009-bailouts">poised to receive</a> the largest government check for an automaker since the 2009 bailouts thanks to a $9.2 billion loan intended to help construct three electric vehicle battery plants in Kentucky and Tennessee. 
Earlier this year, Michigan lawmakers cleared a deal for the state to partially fund the construction of an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/overthrow-the-united-states-without-firing-a-shot-michiganders-rip-chinese-owned-ev-battery-plant">EV battery plant factory</a> with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. 
In his speech, Trump touted the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a deal he signed as president, saying that it focused on ensuring “more cars are made in American factories by American workers.&#8221; The former president then told the crowd gathered in Michigan that Democrats led by Biden “want every car to be all electric.” 
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“Except you don’t make all electric cars too much,” Trump said. “You know who does — China.”
Trump won Michigan in 2016 on his way to the White House but then lost the state to Biden in 2020. The former president continues to lead 2024 Republican presidential primary polls even after federal indictments in two separate cases landed him in court in Manhattan and Miami. In April, Trump pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records related to alleged hush money payments he made to porn star Stormy Daniels, and earlier this month, he pleaded not guilty to federal charges in his handling of classified documents.

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Ford will receive the largest government check for an automaker since the 2009 bailouts thanks to a $9.2 billion loan intended to help construct three electric vehicle battery plants in the U.S. 
The loan from the Biden administration is aimed at boosting U.S. automakers in their race against China for green technologies and helping the auto industry reach Biden’s bold <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/12/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-proposes-new-standards-to-protect-public-health-that-will-save-consumers-money-and-increase-energy-security/">goal</a> of electrifying 67% of all commercial passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2032, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-ford-ev-battery-plant-funding-biden-green-technology/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Ford is partnering with South Korean battery company SK On Co. in a venture called BlueOval to build three battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. 
&#8220;Major technology transitions have always been accelerated by collaboration between the public and private sectors,&#8221; said Ford Treasurer Dave Webb, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-sk-joint-venture-set-122417770.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters.
Biden’s commitment to Ford comes from a department within the EPA known as the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program. It will be the single largest loan in the history of the program. Ford and SK have already started building the battery manufacturing facilities that will produce more than 120 gigawatt hours annually, the Energy Department said. BlueOval was awarded subsidies by both the Tennessee and Kentucky state governments before receiving the massive loan from the federal government, meaning taxpayers will fund almost all of the cost, according to Bloomberg. 
The multi-billion-dollar loan met criticism from some who are troubled by the federal government’s interference with the free market to promote EVs. Steven Milloy, a lawyer and senior policy fellow with the Energy &amp; Environment Legal Institute who served on former President Donald Trump’s transition team, wondered why the EV sector needed so much help from the government. 
“If EVs are so great why does Ford and its South Korean partner need a $9.2 billion loan from taxpayers to build battery plants?” Milloy <a href="https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1671884647033352192" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. “Why doesn&#8217;t the ESG cartel finance them?”
Ford wants to produce up to two million EVs by 2026. It produced 132,000 EVs last year, and the company projected the EV push would cost Ford $3 billion in 2023. The company is chasing Elon Musk’s Tesla for EV sales in the U.S. and remains far behind the electric car giant. Tesla, which started in 2003, lost money for ten years before finally turning a profit in 2013. Musk’s company made $12.6 billion in 2022, an impressive jump from $5.5 billion in 2021.
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Along with the unprecedented push for EV sales, the Biden administration is expected to crack down on tailpipe emissions for cars made between 2027-2032. In March, the White House released a fact sheet announcing investments for the car industry to get EV sales to make up half of all new vehicle sales by 2030. As part of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which seeks “to bring a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable transportation future to Americans,” certain buyers receive tax credits for purchasing new and used EVs.

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