Brickbat: Unshine State
A police officer in Davie, Florida, arrested Demarquize Dawson because the frame around his rental car's license plate covered the first "S" in the words "Sunshine State." Dawson spent the night in…
Tag: Automobiles
Private Suit Commandeers New Hampshire Government to Maintain Vehicle Emission Inspections
This weekend car owners in New Hampshire were supposed to be done with regular automobile emission inspections. Although such inspections had been part of the New Hampshire's State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the…
South Carolina gave $1.3 billion to Scout Motors. It’s already $150 million over budget.
In March 2023, Scout Motors announced it would spend $2 billion to build an electric vehicle (E.V.) factory in South Carolina. The company, a newly launched subsidiary of Volkswagen, would build electric trucks and SUVs. CEO…
Leave the Driving to Us
A Massachusetts bill, sponsored by state Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem (D–Newton), would require transportation officials to set statewide goals for cutting vehicle miles traveled starting in 2030 and every five years after that.…
Self-driving cars will make the world safer for cats—and humans too
San Francisco is an admittedly quirky city, but an emotional debate there over the tragic death of a cat is strangely emblematic about the way too many Americans react to current events. Something bad happens and then throngs…
Brickbat: No Stone Unturned
A woman in Brampton, Ontario, died in a November 1 car crash, but police did not discover her body until hours later, after the vehicle was towed away. First responders had only found and removed a male driver from a wrecked…
His legal theory would let a president tax foreign cars to combat climate change
If the Supreme Court upholds President Donald Trump's sweeping emergency tariff powers, a future president could slap huge tariffs on gas-powered cars and other goods that emit carbon. That's not speculation.…
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