The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 439 of the In The Tank Podcast. The electric vehicle industry can not catch a break. There have been a number of stories coming out highlighting the "sluggish" sales of electric vehicles over the past few months. But now, a recent study is challenging the very idea that electric cars are better for the environment. Additionally, a massive Tesla plant in Germany was apparently the target of ecoterrorism.
OPENING CHIT CHAT = SUPER TUESDAY ELECTIONS/HALEY IS OUT
NYT - 5 Takeaways From Super Tuesday: Trump Wins and Haley Exits
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/politics/super-tuesday-trump-biden-takeaways.html
ABC News - Nikki Haley suspends 2024 campaign, doesn't endorse Donald Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=107842396
Primary Topic = Electric Vehicles Are Worse For The Environment
WSJ - Electric Cars Emit More Particulate Pollution
Daily Mail - Electric cars release more toxic emissions than petrol-powered vehicles and are worse for the environment
Emissions Analytics - Gaining traction, losing tread Pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions
https://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/gaining-traction-losing-tread
Fox News - Stop Chinese EVs before they destroy our auto industry
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/stop-chinese-evs-before-they-destroy-our-auto-industry
CNN - How EVs became such a massive disappointment
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/cars/what-happened-with-electric-vehicle-sales-in-2023/index.html
Fortune - Elon Musk’s German Tesla plant suffers close to $1 billion in damages after attack by the ‘dumbest ecoterrorists on earth’
https://fortune.com/2024/03/06/elon-musk-tesla-germany-gigafactory-fire-volcano-group-damages/
Davos Watch = ESG Fails in Europe
Forbes - Vote On EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Law Falls Short, March 15 Deadline Looms
Euro News - Euroviews. CSDDD: A tale of corporations hijacking the EU's democratic process