USA's new cars are $50k but other countries have $15k starters? 👀🚩 Is this protecting the economy or greedy corporations? #newcars #ev #electriccars

May 2, 2026 at 12:55PM

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Hell freezes over as Trump administration earmarks $4.5 billion for US electric vehicle maker.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/01/rivian-emerges-victorious-as-trumps-war-on-evs-flops/

#evs #electricvehicles #electriccars #cars #automobiles #autoindustry #startups #evmakers #us #energy #electrification #energytransition #decarbonization #manufacturing #onshoring #georgia #politics #political

Hell freezes over as Trump administration earmarks $4.5 billion for US electric vehicle maker.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/01/rivian-emerges-victorious-as-trumps-war-on-evs-flops/

#evs #electricvehicles #electriccars #cars #automobiles #autoindustry #startups #evmakers #us #energy #electrification #energytransition #decarbonization #manufacturing #onshoring #georgia #politics #political

For an EV road trip, you'll need to use DC fast charging. You want the chargers to be fast, reliable, and not too expensive.

In the northeastern USA some networks that meet these criteria are:
- Ionna
- Red E
- Mercedes Benz
- ChargePoint's cost, speed, and reliability vary by site, so it may be worth looking into if you have time to investigate.

Go to https://www.plugshare.com/, select the first three networks above in the filter, and see what's available along the route you're interested in.

Numerous other networks are fast and reliable, but tend to cost more.

#EV #electriccars

Was watching the local news and they were doing the usual round of interviews of car owners at the pump bitching about the price of gas.

I said “They should interview an #EV owner”.

THEN THEY DID! HE WAS SO SMUG! 🤣

“I usually save $1500 per year, I guess it’s more than $2000 now”.

#ElectricVehicles #electriccars #gasprices

DVLA '£50,000 change' as new tax charges begin

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dvla-50000-change-new-tax-37091984

DVLA issues 'bank account' warning after 20,000 UK drivers got in touch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/dvla-issues-bank-account-warning-37098103

"Again, I’m mostly judging customer sentiment by 12+ years of reader comments and from what people post on social media, but I had thought we agreed that car interfaces that rely almost entirely on touchscreens are not a positive industry trend."
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05/theres-a-lot-of-hype-about-chinese-evs-is-any-of-it-true/

#CarCulture #screens #ElectricCars

Shifting Gears: Affordable Long-Range Electric Vehicles Gain Traction

New electric cars offer longer driving range and are easier to charge with NACS plugs, making them cheaper to own than gas cars.

#EVs, #NACS, #ElectricCars, #Charging, #LongRangeEV

https://newsletter.tf/affordable-long-range-evs-easier-to-charge/