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electric vehicles
The Washington Monthly Newsletter: March 29, 2024
“Joe Biden’s EV push vs. Ruy Teixeira’s strawman arguments” and the latest from the Washington Monthly website.
China Just Attacked Biden’s Electric Vehicle Policy. That’s Good for Biden.
To counter Donald Trump’s anti-EV strategy, the president needs to show that he has the only feasible plan to help American auto manufacturers compete with cheap Chinese cars.
Get On the Bus: Why the Switch to Clean Mass Transit Will Improve Public Health
Turning mass transit green is a great idea, but here’s how public transit systems can make it even better.
In a Biden-DeSantis Race, All Politics Will Be Local
In June 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation blocking local governments from requiring that gas stations in their jurisdictions provide electric vehicle charging stations. It was a classic DeSantis move, like his effort to ban certain books from school libraries: aggressively use state power to overturn decisions by local officials that he doesn’t like. […]
The Electricity Is Too Damn High
High prices at corporate-owned EV charging stations could cripple the spread of climate-friendly transportation. We need to help the mom-and-pops compete.

