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Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a video:

"When electric cars get in accidents, they explode, they catch fire very very badly because of the lithium batteries.”

By Kristin Hugo• October 25, 2022

David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."

By Robert Farley• July 15, 2010

Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2022 in a post:

Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.

By Jeff Cercone• January 7, 2022

Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.

By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2023

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows an electric car charging station that uses "12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour, and it takes three hours to fully charge a car to get 200 miles. That's 36 gallons for 200 miles. 5.6 mpg."

By Andy Nguyen• July 19, 2021

Viral image stated on August 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows electric cars that were bought for civil servants in France and then abandoned because “it was too expensive to replace the batteries.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 10, 2022

Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:

Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• May 17, 2024

Mike Rogers stated on October 14, 2024 in a debate:

“About 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the state of Michigan will go away with EV mandates.”

By Caleb McCullough• October 18, 2024

Debbie Lesko stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet:

Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”

By Haley Tenore• October 19, 2022

Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”

By Maria Briceño• November 19, 2024

Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a post:

Electric vehicles are more likely to fail in traffic jams.

By Monique Curet• December 9, 2021

Bloggers stated on October 24, 2021 in a blog post:

“COP26 luxury EVs to be recharged using diesel generators”

By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2021

Instagram posts stated on November 30, 2022 in a post:

Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”

By Andy Nguyen• December 13, 2022

Instagram posts stated on June 09, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.

By Andy Nguyen• August 11, 2022

Michigan Republican Party stated on October 08, 2024 in an X post:

Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.”

By Caleb McCullough• October 17, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:

You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn."

By Yacob Reyes• July 30, 2022

Viral image stated on September 05, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected.

By Tom Kertscher• September 10, 2021

Jim Jordan stated on January 25, 2012 in a congressional hearing:

"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."

By Sabrina Eaton• January 31, 2012

Viral image stated on August 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows a gas-powered van towing a diesel generator that is charging an electric car.

By Samantha Putterman• August 23, 2019

Chuck Grassley stated on June 07, 2021 in an op-ed:

The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”

By Jon Greenberg• June 9, 2021

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