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Apple Dumps EV Plans
Luther Ray Abel writes for National Review Online about a tech giant’s major decision about electric vehicles. Electric dreams in Palo Alto came to a conclusion as Apple announced that…
Mercedes-Benz
German automobile brand owned by Mercedes-Benz AG
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EV Drivers Are Right to Have ‘Range Anxiety’
Neirin Gray Desai writes for DailyMail.com about another problem plaguing electric vehicles. Bad news for EV owners with range anxiety – a half of electric cars go don’t even go…
Energy
UK studies: Plug-in hybrids emit up to three times more CO2 than advertised
The case for EVs to curb climate emissions (let alone mitigate hurricanes) is too weak for Gov. Cooper to force. Worse, the trend of research makes them seem much more…
Liberty
Look who’s bragging on North Carolina…
Greensboro News & Record editorial writer Doug Clark takes a rare break from harping on what a hellhole North Carolina has become under Republican leadership (see today’s lead editorial on…
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National Review editor targets the Turks
Rich Lowry‘s latest column at National Review Online calls for a tough American response to the Turkish government. The Turkish government is obviously familiar with the concept of “chutzpah,” if…
Transportation
Testimony for Tesla
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online gushes over an American-made automobile. Great success stories attract a great many debunkers, nitpickers, and naysayers, and of course Tesla has more than its…
Liberty
You might be a progressive if…
…this is the best you can do when responding to my arguments regarding corporate welfare. Let’s keep these undesirable companies, Boeing, Michelin, BMW, Mercedes, KIA and others out of NC. …
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Mercedes’s decision saves North Carolina taxpayers over $18 million and North Carolina businesses much more
View in your browser. 1. Mercedes’s decision saves North Carolina taxpayers over $18 million and North Carolina businesses much more It was announced on Tuesday that Mercedes-Benz has decided to…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Media: We need to follow Alabama’s lead on incentives so we don’t end up like Alabama
Economic incentives packages — special tax breaks negotiated for particular companies or industries while all others continue to pay higher rates for the apparent crime of not closing up shop…
Liberty
Good for thee, not for me — Silicon Valley edition
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online examines contradictions embedded within Silicon Valley’s successes. Silicon Valley is an American success story. At a time of supposed American decline,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Business Friendliness led to Unemployment Insurance Debt
Taking a look at history as a whole, it is obvious why the unemployment rates were slashed in the early 1990s and North Carolina has ended up with a $2.6…
Liberty
Is The Government Serious About Fuel Efficiency?
Over the past two years we’ve been barraged by politicians championing higher fuel efficiency, alternative energy and hybrid technology. And Ford Motor Company has produced a 65mpg sports car, but…