Evan Ramstad at the Star Tribune wrote a great story highlighting the multitude of entirely foreseeable potholes that electric buses are hitting in towns across Minnesota. The piece is solid…
Taxes disincentivize people from doing or consuming whatever it is that is being taxed, whether it is investment or smoking. Indeed, much government policy, from cigarette taxes to carbon taxes,…
Last week, my friends Brent Bennett and Jason Isaac at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) released a new study investigating the true cost of electric vehicles. According to the…
Isaac Orr appeared on the Jon Justice show on Tuesday morning to discuss the challenges facing electric vehicle adoption. Many of the challenges are technical and economic, but some of…
Minnesota will adopt California’s car mandates requiring an increase in electric vehicles offered for sale and decreased tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take…
Axios reports a rising number of unsold electric vehicles (EVs) are piling up on auto dealer lots throughout the nation as the supply of the vehicles begins to outstrip demand.…
Last week, Bloomberg reported on a study concluding the air-quality improvements stemming from California’s electric vehicle (EV) subsidies go to rich people, not those living in low-income areas. The findings…
Lawmakers in St. Paul are busy scheming new ways to spend the state’s $17 billion surplus and finding new ways to raise your taxes, to boot. Sadly, liberal lawmakers are…
Yesterday, Isaac Orr joined Jon Justice to talk about California’s ban on gasoline and diesel engines and how it affects Minnesota.
Today, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is expected to vote on new regulations prohibiting the sale of new gasoline and diesel-powered cars and trucks by 2035. This vote will…
On August 2, 2022, Xcel Energy submitted its plan to spend more than $300 million on building 730 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and increasing the use of electric school…
Telsa has announced it will increase the cost of all its electric vehicle models for the second time in the last several days. According to Inside EVs, the price hikes…
On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, Center of the American Experiment’s policy fellow Isaac Orr testified on House File 1668 in the Minnesota House of Representatives. This bill, in enacted, will…
Another automaker has had to recall an electric vehicle due to fire risk. On Feb. 14, 2022, Road Show reported that Chrysler is recalling nearly 20,000 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans due to…
Tesla has reportedly signed a deal worth $1.5 billion to purchase the nickel produced at the proposed Tamarack mine, located in Aitkin County, Minnesota. According to Mining.com: Under the terms…
On Monday, American Experiment described how the rising demand for nickel is resulting in expanded mining for the essential metal in a rainforest in the Philippines. Today, we will take…