Tag: Automobiles

Rivian recalls nearly ALL of its 13,000 electric vehicles over loose fastener that may cause drivers to lose control at the wheel

Rivian recalls nearly ALL of its 13,000 electric vehicles over loose fastener that may cause drivers to lose control at the wheel. If you wait long enough, the nut is loose behind the wheel is now true.

  • Rivian is recalling 13,000 vehicles over loose fasteners that may cause drivers to lose control of their steering wheel 
  • The company has reported seven issues with the fasteners since August, but no injuries have been documented 
  • Rivian expects the issue to be solved within 30 days as it revs up damage control during its third recall since starting production in late 2021
  • Rivian, once expected to rival Tesla in electric vehicle production, has seen its stock shrink by nearly 67 percent since going public this year  

Those Electric Cars Biden Wants You to Buy? Many Are Made with Russian Aluminum

Those Electric Cars Biden Wants You to Buy? Many Are Made with Russian Aluminum.  Well, here we go with yet another Biden-created clusterfark.

Turns out, the U.S. doesn’t only rely on Russia for oil imports — it relies on Russia for materials used to make EVs as well.

CNBC reported this week that EV maker Tesla, which is owned by dissident billionaire Elon Musk, has procured materials such as aluminum from a Russian metals giant that was once sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department.

Are electric cars worse for the environment?

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Are electric cars worse for the environment? Yes, yes and more yes. They’re also worse for the poor and middle class.

Electric vehicle subsidies and mandates share an unfortunate, and all too common trait with other government policies: They’re based on “conventional wisdom” that turns out to be wrong. Wealthy consumers who have purchased Teslas and Chevy Bolts primarily to signal their green bona fides for their friends and neighbors, and who have socialized many of the costs of their purchases to those who are less well-off, might wish to take a closer look at the numbers. Their hands may not be quite so clean as they believe.

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