EV craze biting the dust

Few Americans apparently want an electric vehicle. I know I sure don’t.

I could only think of the expense and trouble of fitting a charging unit in my garage, which is already packed with stuff for which there was no other place to stuff it. Then if I ever took one on the road –farther than between home and the office – there would be the problem of finding a charging station.

Politico reported: “Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero.

Maybe the green loonies will quit their constant howling that the world will end if we don’t quit burning gasoline and diesel.

None of their predictions have proven true so far and people have come to realize it was just a power play.

I think all the green crazy promises were false (spell that l-i-e-s if you want) along with everything that comes out of their mouths.

E.J. Antoni, Ph.D., the Richard F. Aster fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and a Senior Fellow at Unleash Prosperity, wrote this in a column on Townhall.Com.: “The regulation concerned here is the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which are promulgated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. CAFE standards regulate fuel economy for cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks. Under Biden, these standards were raised to completely unreasonable levels, forcing costly changes for consumers and automakers alike.

“The Biden-era regulation would’ve required automakers to meet a fleet average of more than 50 miles per gallon for cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks in model year 2031, which is just a few years away. This would’ve compelled consumers to mostly buy electric vehicles (EVs) with relatively short ranges, low power, and steep price tags, all things consumers don’t want.

“Among other severely deleterious effects, the Bidenera regulation would’ve forced automakers to continue selling EVs at a loss—even with tens of thousands of dollars in subsidies per vehicle. To stay profitable, those automakers would’ve had to hike the price of their internal combustion engine cars and trucks to compensate.

In brief, all vehicles, regardless of their powertrain, would’ve become more expensive.

President Trump is changing the EV picture with targets on car affordability and regulatory reform … that will save American families billions of dollars on vehicles in the coming years. By rolling back onerous overreach from the Biden administration, President Trump is ensuring consumers will be able to buy the cars and trucks they want, and at lower prices.

Then he added this comforting thought: “Unlike the completely unrealistic Biden-era CAFE standard, Trump’s regulatory reform sets a much more reasonable average of almost 35 miles per gallon and reclassifies some vehicles to give automakers more flexibility, allowing them to produce different sizes of vehicles with the powertrains that consumers actually want.

This regulatory reform will also make many vehicles available to American consumers that are already sold overseas but not in the U.S. market because of burdensome regulation and government overreach.

The Biden controllers of that prior administration didn’t care that the EVs aren’t as safe as as heavier built vehicles.

Antoni closes with this: “Giving consumers the choice to buy less expensive, more reliable vehicles made in America—and now being able to deduct the interest on their car loan—is meaningful progress toward the restoration of the American dream.”

This illustrates changes that are coming to “Make America Great Again.”

Around and about

Kingfisher’s Christmas parade brought a number of people to town many of us haven’t seen for awhile. One of them was Jerald Schroeder, former Kingfisher business owner, who now is retired and living near Lake Eufaula.

The newspaper office had several guests during the event.

Among them was Trey and Katie Buckner, along with 10-month-old son, Kal.

We also saw them at breakfast Sunday where Kal was busy operating his spin toy and conversing happily with his folks between bites.

Also droppping by was the Trey Yeoman family with their three beutiful daughters, including one still in arms.

It’s great to see a new generation developing locally. Patricia Baldwin, daughter of the late Madelle Henderson, dropped by the Times and Free Press office Friday to renew her subscription.

It gave us a chance to reminisce about Madelle and her sisters, who were lovingly called the Choctaw mafia.

Lavenia Boutwell, the youngest sister, still calls Kingfi sher home.

I recently learned that identical twins Ronald Schweitzer and Donald Schweitzer, both of the Omega community attended their 40th national twins convention in Virginia.

How interesting it must be for twins to exchange special remembrances that most of us know nothing about.