
<p>You cannot fault the guy for trying. ; Nothing in President Biden’s political agenda has gotten more push from him than his plan to clear the roads of gas vehicles. ; He is driven by a belief that dinosaurs – or at least their remains – are an existential threat to humans.</p>



<p>To pursue his agenda, Biden has cut the production of oil to force the conversation by running up gas prices – including shutting down the Keystone Pipeline. ; He is using massive amounts of taxpayer money to subsidize manufacturing of all-electric vehicles – and offering huge rebates to purchasers of electric cars.</p>



<p>Biden sells his all-electric program as the only way to stop humanity from going extinct on a planet he foresees to be hotter than Death Valley at high noon.</p>



<p>The problem is that despite all his efforts, the consuming public is not buying it – neither electric cars nor Biden’s Draconian sales pitch. ; All electric vehicles currently represent just under 6 percent of the American car market. ; That is very bad news for Ford, GM and Rivian. ; Combined they comprise only 17.4 percent of the American market. ; Elon Musk’s Tesla brand has 60 percent.</p>



<p>If you look at it in terms of numbers, Tesla sold more than 155,000 electric cars in the First Quarter of 2023. ; GM sold 19,000 … Rivian 11,000 … and Ford 13,000. ;</p>



<p>Also, Ford announced that it is cutting back on the size and production numbers of their new plant in Marshall, Michigan due to low demand and higher costs. ; The Company is reducing its investment by $1.7 billion … cutting the production by 40 percent … and cutting employment by 1700 jobs. ; Ford is also cutting $12 billion dollars in other electric vehicle investments – including a proposed battery plant in Kentucky.</p>



<p>In terms of Tesla, Biden appears to have put politics over his own electrification program. ; He does not like Elon Musk. ; In fact, when Biden invited the major electric vehicle manufactures to the White House for a publicity event, he did not invite Musk – America’s number one electric vehicle manufacturer.  ; ;Apparently, the problem stems from Musk’s more conservative philosophy and the fact that his cars are manufactured in non-union factories.</p>



<p>Biden crafted the tax credits in his misnamed Inflation Reduction Act to cut out Tesla. ; There is a $7500 per vehicle tax credit for all manufacturers and a bonus of $4000 for vehicles produced in union shops. ; That includes all American manufactures – except Tesla. ; If that has cut into Tesla sales, it is hard to see evidence if it.</p>



<p>Just recently more than 3,800 car dealers from every state – and representing every brand – issued an open letter to Biden expressing their opposition to regulations mandating the production and distribution of electric vehicles. ; They said that they are having trouble selling them because of lack of infrastructure, ineffective incentives and little consumer demand. ; They said that “consumers are not ready” for electric vehicles. ;</p>



<p>The dealers urged Biden to adopt more flexible regulations – meaning scraping a lot of them – and taking a more “market-driven” approach. ; This is the classic issue between free-market conservative and progressive governance by imposed regulations and market manipulating tax incentives.</p>



<p>While Biden and the United Auto Workers leadership are patting each other on the back over the strike settlement. ; However, the folks working on the line are fully aware of the fact that all electric vehicles require less production. ; The conversion will cost jobs – lots of jobs.</p>



<p>It would now appear that Biden’s hope of replacing gas cars with electric by 2050 is going to be dashed. ; It is unlikely that gas cars will be completely replaced by 2070 … 2080.</p>



<p>There will come a time when we transition away from fossil fuel for cars – and almost everything else. ; That is more likely to happen when Mother Earth starts to run out of fossil fuel, rather than any forced government program. ; ; But that is a looong way off.  ;Reports of the extinction of the gas guzzling dinosaurs that dominate the earth today is premature.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Biden’s plan to wipe out gas vehicles suffering crushing backlash
