The lies regarding EVs abound everywhere on the Internet. The Left is busy once again creating an apocryphal reality. Entry after entry assures us that EVs are safer and cheaper to run than gas-powered vehicles. One site, for example, insists that EV sales are on fire, but not EVs. My own research, conversations with EV owners, and inquiries at dealerships have proven otherwise.
Of course, the Law of Narrative Gravity — the more widely known or weightier a story is, the more likely it is to be accepted as fact — provides for EV enthusiasm, such as it is, but it is countered by Hutber’s Law, which states that deterioration is masked as progress. This law is considered unduly cynical, but experience tells us it is often the case.
I have found on average one truthful internet entry for every 30 or so fictitious claims affirming the value, efficiency, and safety of these problematic vehicles. The salespeople at the dealership I patronize are at their wits’ end trying to clear their lots of EVs, which, despite government incentives and tax credits, are becoming increasingly unpopular. Inventories continue to pile up. The reasons for their…
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