EV – California Globe

Ringside: California’s Self-Destructive War on Oil

April 29, 2026 2:30 pmApril 29, 2026 2:36 pm

California’s state legislature may succeed in destroying its own oil industry, but it won’t change anything in the world. It will only export jobs and raise the cost-of-living here at home. Here’s a reality check. According to the Statistical Review of...

Ringside: The Denominators of our Prosperity – Energy and Water

January 14, 2026 3:29 pmJanuary 14, 2026 3:29 pm

Abundant and affordable energy and water are prerequisites to solving every other challenge standing in the way of lowering California’s overall cost-of-living. Not only because the cost for energy and water directly impacts the cost to build homes, pay household...

Texas Public Policy Foundation Unmasks the True Costs of Electric Vehicles

October 30, 2023 2:18 pmOctober 30, 2023 2:18 pm

With news reports showing Electric Vehicles stockpiling in car lots, unsold, all across the country, it’s curious that California Governor Gavin Newsom just announced the state surpassed its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) truck sales goal two years ahead of schedule. And...

Power Vacuum: California Wants to Suck Your EV

August 12, 2023 8:32 amAugust 14, 2023 4:49 pm

A literal power vacuum – that’s what California Senate Bill 233 proposes. And what is to be sucked? Your electric car. Authored by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), the bill – which has passed the Senate and is now wending its...

Over 27% of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Bay Area are Non-Operable According to New Survey

May 10, 2022 1:21 pm

According to a study released earlier this week, over 27% of all electric vehicle charging stations in the San Francisco Bar area are non-functioning, bringing forward a major issue that may push back further public adaptation of electric cars in...

Bill To Make More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Accessible, and Low Income Charging Subsidies

April 12, 2022 3:38 pm

A bill was introduced in February to make electric vehicle charging stations more available for Californians, as well as increase electric vehicles (EVs) in disadvantaged communities. Assembly Bill 2703, authored by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), would require those who are...

CA Air Board Passes 90% Electric Car Mandate on Rideshare Companies By 2030

May 21, 2021 3:45 pmMay 26, 2021 8:03 am

The California Air Resources Board voted in favor of a new “Clean Miles Standard” mandate on Thursday that will make ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft be comprised of at least 90% electric vehicles by 2030. Under the new mandate, the...