Electric Vehicles

Did a Facebook user prove that diesel-powered generators for electric vehicles are wildly inefficient? No, that's not true: An expert engineer said their math is wrong, plus, because generators run at a constant speed, and car engines do not, the generator is always going to be more energy efficient. The claim originated in a Facebook post (archived here) published on…

Would electric cars caught in a three-hour traffic jam drain their batteries? Will electric car drivers suffer with "virtually no heating" if stuck overnight on a cold road? Will the GPS, radio and heating drain the battery? No, none of that is true: A senior engineer and part of the Clean Transportation Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, took…

Are hundreds of electric cars sitting in a lot near Paris because of failed battery systems and barriers to repair? And are these stockpiled electric cars now leaking battery toxins into the ground? No, that's not true: These photos are authentic but the captions attached to them does not tell the true story of why all these identical cars are…

Does this collection of comments date back to 1955 or 1957? No, that's not true: These 20 quips do harken to an earlier time but they do not trace all the way back to the 1950s. This contrived collection of comments seems to have been a popular email to forward as early as 2001. It has since been repurposed in…

Are protesters destroying roads to cause accidents in America? No, that's not true: A meme warning that Black protesters are destroying U.S. roads uses a photo from South Africa of protesters, angry about the lack of water, electricity, and other basic utilities in their areas, smashing a paved road. The claim appeared as a meme in a post (archived here)…

Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden talk about how the Chevrolet Corvette is "one of the best cars in the world" while he was visiting a Ford plant? No, that's not true. Biden did mention his love of Corvettes while visiting the United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 1 headquarters in Warren, Michigan, on September 9, 2020. He was not at…

Has Democrat Joe Biden promised to outlaw gas cars if elected U.S. president? No, this is not true. Biden's "Clean Energy" policy released in July 2020 does not include a promise to outlaw gas-powered cars. It does propose actions and incentives to promote a rapid adoption of electric vehicles as a replacement to gas-guzzling internal-combustion engines. The claim is stated…