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Heavy, environmentally UNFRIENDLY EVs tear up roads, put excess weight on parking garages and “will put additional strain on America’s transportation infrastructure”

February 19, 2024 -

According to the latest data, some EVs weigh upwards of 50 percent more than traditional internal combustion motor vehicles, which we are told "harm" the environment. What is all that excess weight doing to the nation's roads, bridges and parking structures?

The answer is that EVs are causing a lot of damage to America's crumbling infrastructure, which is currently in desperate need of repair if it is going to last and keep business and the economy running smoothly....

THIS DOESN’T ADD UP: Joe Biden gives auto companies BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars while auto worker wages are getting CUT IN HALF

July 13, 2023 -

Biden has long touted himself as a proponent of replacing the millions of cars on America's roads with electric vehicles. In his Inflation Reduction Act, automakers that produce EVs and the batteries needed to power them could soon see a windfall of over $220 billion by 2031 in the form of taxpayer-funded subsidies. (Related: Biden's EV program is alienating allies in the United Auto Workers, who fear the push will lead to fewer well-paying union jobs.)

These massive subsidies ...

Credit card and auto debt DELINQUENCIES are SOARING, especially among younger Americans

February 15, 2024 -

The Household Credit Report from the New York Fed's Center for Microeconomic Data found that aggregate household debt balances rose by $212 billion, a 1.2 percent rise from the previous quarter.

Credit card debt rose by $50 billion to a record-high of $1.13 trillion. Auto loan balances rose by $12 billion to $1.61 trillion, continuing the upward trajectory that began in the second quarter of 2020. (Related: Swelling DEBT crisis creating financial "death spiral" in America, ...

FreedomWorks economist predicts EVs will be the auto industry’s “NEXT BIG FLOP”

November 07, 2023 - Stephen Moore, a senior economist at FreedomWorks and former senior economic adviser to former President Donald Trump, has predicted that America's electric vehicle (EV) market will be the auto industry's "next big flop."

In an interview on Fox News's Varney & Co. program and an op-ed in the Daily Caller, Moore drew a parallel connection between the Ford Edsel, which was touted as a groundbreaking car in the late 1950s, but ultimately failed to gain traction ...

United Auto Workers end strike after reaching tentative agreements with Ford, Stellantis, General Motors

October 31, 2023 -

Ford was the first of the Big Three dominoes to fall, after it reached a tentative agreement with UAW negotiators on Oct. 25. Three days later on Oct. 28, the UAW announced reaching a similar deal with Stellantis, the parent company of luxury brands like Chrysler, Jeep and Ram. Finally, on Oct. 30 – the birthday of UAW President Shawn Fain – the union ended six weeks of whirlwind strikes after General Motors caved and agreed to the deal.  (Related: United Auto Workers president ...

Elon Musk says Twitter had FBI “portal that auto-deleted all comms” after two weeks

a month ago -

Calling the portal "a FOIA violation," FOIA being the Freedom of Information Act, Musk says what the FBI was doing at Twitter before he took over and turned the social media platform private was probably against the law "because you shouldn't be able to delete orderly things after two weeks."

Musk made these and other comments during an interview on the Texas Lindsay podcast, the episode of which included copious discussion of online censorship of Americans by the United ...

United Auto Workers president expands strike to lucrative Ford Kentucky plant following company’s refusal to negotiate

October 15, 2023 -

The UAW is currently engaged in a strike against the Big Three automakers in the United States – Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis – over fair pay and benefits. (Related: United Auto Workers union goes on strike against Big Three automakers – another sign that Bidenomics is a costly failure.)

Following a breakdown in recent negotiations with Ford, UAW President Shawn Fain publicly announced the addition of Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant to the list of auto ...

Number of Americans defaulting on subprime auto loans nearing levels not seen since the Great Recession

May 09, 2023 -

This is according to a new report from Florida-based fixed-income asset manager Bramshill Investments. The company's report noted that inflation and higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve – and as much as 20 percent interest rates on used cars – have been eroding the paychecks of all consumers in the United States.

"It is very apparent to us that it is negatively affecting subprime borrowers – who tend to have lower credit scores and lower incomes – more harshly ...

Auto dealers urge Biden to step on the brakes for ELECTRIC CAR mandates, citing decline in demand

December 03, 2023 -

The group of 3,882 dealers – under the aegis of EV Voice of the Customer – wrote an open letter to President Joe Biden, which was published online. It asked the chief executive to "slow down … proposed regulations mandating battery EV production and distribution."

According to the letter, the Biden administration "has proposed regulations that would essentially mandate a dramatic shift to battery EVs." This would increase "year after year until 2032 when two out of ...

United Auto Workers president says “a great majority” of union members WON’T VOTE for Biden despite official endorsement

January 30, 2024 -

UAW President Shawn Fain disclosed this during a recent interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News. He told the news anchor that the state of the economy would play an important role in the decisions of UAW members.

"Look, let me be clear about this. A great majority of our members will not vote for Biden," Fain told Cavuto. "Yes, some will – but that's the reality of this. The majority of our members are [going to] vote for their paychecks; they're [going to] vote for an ...

In appeal to auto workers, Trump warns that Biden’s EV mandates will lead to fewer well-paying jobs

October 04, 2023 -

"[Biden] wants electric vehicle mandates that will spell the death of the U.S. auto industry," Trump told a group of UAW workers in Clinton Township, a northern suburb of Detroit.

Electric vehicle mandates are a sensitive issue for the UAW, which started a strike last month against the Big Three auto manufacturers of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis over dissatisfaction with pay and benefits amid the Biden administration-fueled inflation crisis and wage stagnation....

GRAND THEFT AUTO: Philadelphia car dealership loses most of its vehicles to thieves less than a week after opening

October 04, 2023 -

City Motors, located in the Mayfair neighborhood in the City of Brotherly Love, is on the brink of closing for good just days after opening. This is because thieves made off with several vehicles it was selling on the early morning of Sept. 27, according to WPVI 6.

The outlet reported that a group of criminals broke into the dealership's office on Frankford Avenue during the late hours of the previous day and ransacked the premises. The thieves stole the keys to seven ...

United Auto Workers union goes on strike against Big Three automakers – another sign that Bidenomics is a costly failure

September 18, 2023 -

For the first time in the history of the UAW, the approximately 146,000 members of the union are striking simultaneously against the Big Three auto companies in the United States – General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Stellantis, owner of luxury car brands like Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram. (Related: THIS DOESN'T ADD UP: Joe Biden gives auto companies BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars while auto worker wages are getting CUT IN HALF.)

For now, the strikes are limited ...

Mainstream media’s manipulation on full display as they deceptively frame Trump’s “bloodbath” comments about auto industry as call for another J6

a month ago -

The controversy began after he made remarks about the auto industry and China at a speech in Ohio over the weekend.

He began: “If you’re listening, President Xi – and you and I are friends – but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now…you’re going to not hire Americans and you’re going to sell the cars to us, no. We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re ...

Biden’s EV program is alienating allies in the United Auto Workers, who fear the push will lead to fewer well-paying union jobs

July 12, 2023 -

The UAW, a massive and powerful union representing more than 400,000 workers in the automobile industry, has long been an influential force in progressive politics, aiding pro-labor union Democrats in the Midwest with their organizing and fundraising power.

For his part, Biden has touted his aggressive push toward replacing more and more internal combustion-engine vehicles in America's roads with their electric counterparts as part of a major reinvestment in American manufacturing....

CLAIM: China secretly arming American criminals with machine guns

2 months ago -

Breitbart News Senior Contributor Peter Schweizer claims this and more in a new book he wrote called Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans. In it, Schweizer says powerful Chinese companies are flooding America with auto sear switches, which are small metal devices also known as "Glock switches," that convert ordinary handguns into machine guns.

For most gun owners in the United States, auto sear switches are illegal. Even so, they are ...

Trump mocks ‘pro-union’ Biden: ‘His entire career has been an act of economic treason, union destruction’

September 28, 2023 - Former President Donald Trump mocked President Joe Biden during a speech to auto workers in Macomb County, Michigan, for declaring himself the “most pro-union president” in American history despite a record of supporting job-killing free trade.

(Article by John Binder republished from Breitbart.com)

“For decades, you’ve watched rotten and crooked politicians like Biden treat American jobs as disposable and American workers as expendable,” Trump said. “They sat back and got ...

US household debt soared to all-time high of $17.05 trillion in Q1 2023, thanks to the Fed’s relentless rate increases

May 17, 2023 -

The total debt across all categories hit $17.05 trillion. This represents a $148 billion increase or 0.9 percent from the previous quarter and a $1.2 trillion surge from last year. (Related: Fed data: Household debt just increased at fastest pace in 15 years.)

Current balances also stand at $2.9 trillion higher than at the end of 2019, right before the beginning of the global Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The rise in household debt also comes as officials ...

Automaker bigwigs admit EV sales are in jeopardy

November 09, 2023 -

Dealers have been warning of slowing EV demand, growing inventory and dropping sales for months. Several of the auto bigwigs at some of the biggest carmakers expressed discomfort about the "robocars" market's growth as concerns over the viability of these vehicles put their multi-billion-dollar electrification strategies at risk.

Historically, one of the auto industry's most bullish CEOs on the future of electric vehicles is General Motors' (GM's) Mary Barra. She is ...

Study finds 20% of EV buyers REGRET their decision and SWITCH BACK to gas cars

September 08, 2023 -

The study, published in the journal Nature Energy, involved 4,160 early adopters of EVs in California between 2012 to 2018. This found that around 20 percent of these early adopters quickly abandoned their EVs or plug-in hybrids in favor of internal combustion engine vehicles, while another 18 percent of EV drivers returned to gas-powered vehicles with their next car purchases. (Related: EV COLLAPSE: Car dealerships are now rejecting EV deliveries due to low sales.)

The ...