Cars

Harvard visiting professor explains demand for cobalt, necessary for the functioning of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles, is obtained from Congolese mines that rely on child labor and slavery.

“People involved in the auto industry are largely a silent majority,” Mr. Toyoda said. “That silent majority is wondering whether EVs are really OK to have as a single option. But they think it’s the trend so they can’t speak out loudly.”

Just imagine for a moment that Donald Trump, Jr. (or Eric) sat on the board of directors for a foreign company and “earned” millions of dollars for literally doing nothing.

You’d better watch out—you’d better not pout—you’d better not cry—‘cos I’m telling you why: this Christmas, it’s the Surveillance State that’s making a list and checking it twice, and it won’t matter whether you’ve been bad or good.

When gas prices reached record levels, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg advocated for Americans to purchase electric cars.

Multinational automaker Stellantis is indefinitely closing an assembly plant in Illinois in February and laying off hundreds of workers, in large part due to the high cost of making electric vehicles.

The way that the pandemic was handled took people’s jobs, businesses, and, in some cases, lives.

It is a car that runs on free energy, but it is far from free.

Actor and comedian Tim Allen gave an update this week after visiting fellow comedian Jay Leno in the hospital following Leno’s tragic burn accident.

The brief was in support of a lawsuit from 16 states over federal emissions standards.