"Governor Walz wants to impose California’s low and zero emission vehicle (LEV and ZEV) regulations on Minnesotans through the bureaucratic rule making process.
These rules would require car manufacturers to meet quotas for electric vehicle sales in order to sell gasoline and diesel powered cars in the state, essentially holding Minnesota’s car market hostage until they sell enough money-losing cars.
...Electric vehicles are often touted as the future of transportation, but a great article in City Journal throws cold water on this idea.
You can read the entire article below:"...Electric vehicles stand at the center of every “green energy” initiative.
Advocates claim that EVs are far simpler machines than combustion engines.
But the essential “engine” for both is similarly complicated.
While the EV’s electric motor is simple, its battery is a half-a-ton electrochemical machine with thousands of parts and welds, along with wiring, electronics, and cooling.
It’s every bit as complex as—and far more expensive than—the combustion-mechanical drivetrain that it replaces.
Manufacturing automotive batteries is surprisingly labor intensive.
Tesla’s gargantuan battery factory in Nevada produces about 1,000 propulsion batteries per year per 12 workers.
Meantime, a modern engine and transmission factory produces about 1,000 mechanical-propulsion systems per year per four workers..."
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