A resolution to phase out the sale of new electric vehicles by 2035 was proposed in the Wyoming State Legislature but did not move forward.
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Electrically charged stones found in Congo? Science says it’s not possible
Electrically-charged stones discovered in Congo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO ‘Electrically Charged’ Rocks Discovered In Democratic Republic Of Congo
Were "electrically charged rocks" discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2023? No, that's not true: No such discovery had been formally announced in the scientific community as of this publication, and a geology expert
Logically→ Electricity bills in Bengaluru will increase drastically once double meters are installed.
Older meters are being replaced with more accurate digital meters that may show a difference in electricity bills commensurate with usage.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Electric Companies Do NOT Hate ‘Young Whizkid’ For Purported Power-Saving Invention
Is a "young whizkid" inventor shown in a social media video despised by electric companies for creating a device that "cuts 50% off an average home's power bill"? No, that's not true: The young man shown in the video is an inventor but no
Full Fact→ Tampering with electricity meters to try and save on energy bills is illegal and dangerous
A Facebook post has suggested it’s possible to save on electricity bills by bypassing your meter with a piece of wire. This is illegal and can also be dangerous.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Switzerland Did NOT Ban ‘Electric Cars Due To Their Excessive Energy Use’ On December 7, 2022
Did Switzerland ban electric vehicles "due to their excessive energy use" on December 7, 2022? No, that's not true: The country only discussed a draft of legislation that suggested that electric car use might be limited to essential activ
PolitiFact→ What's the ‘zero emissions’ break-even point for electric cars? Hard to tell.
The real number of miles it takes to get to a neutral amount of carbon emissions for an electric car is very complicated.
Full Fact→ Fake Argos ‘deals’ on electric scooters and air fryers circulating online
Deals that appear too good to be true are circulating on social media.
Logically→ Black smoke emerging from an electric car disrupted a football game.
The smoke that engulfed the football pitch was lit by Polish team GKS Czarni Starzca fans.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Batteries don’t make electric vehicles more likely to catch fire than gasoline-powered cars
"When electric cars get in accidents, they explode, they catch fire very very badly because of the lithium batteries.”
Snopes→ Do Videos Show a DeWalt Electric Mower Catching on Fire?
We received inquiries from readers who were looking for more details about the videos.
PolitiFact→ Debbie Lesko – Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko’s comparison of electric car and traditional batteries misses key points
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.”
Full Fact→ Is government plan to cap revenues of renewable electricity generators a windfall tax?
Jacob Rees-Mogg strenuously denied that the new government policy proposal is a windfall tax during an appearance on the Today programme.
Snopes→ Photo Doesn’t Show Electric Cars in France, Nor Were They Abandoned Due to Battery Replacement Costs
There's no shortage of misleading online memes about electric vehicles.
Logically→ Electric cars are as harmful to the planet as air conditioning.
The climate impact of EVs varies due to factors like the source of electricity, but air conditioners have a greater impact on global warming overall.
Truth or Fiction?→ Fake AOC ‘Electric Cars’ Tweet Resurfaced in Hurricane Ian Discourse
On September 26 2022, as Hurricane Ian entered the news cycle, screenshots of a tweet attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) about gas station lines and electric cars circulated — again: pic.twitter.com/JzsnKOcPWF — MAGA
Logically→ Electric Ireland’s tariff hike is part of a plan to allow citizens to be enslaved by WEF, its Private Public Partnerships, and the U.N.
Electric Ireland's tariff hike is related to wholesale energy prices. Claims regarding a WEF plan to enslave people are baseless conspiracies.
Snopes→ Car Guy Biden Touting Electric Vehicles at Detroit Auto Show
President Joe Biden, a gearhead with his own vintage Corvette, is showcasing his administration's efforts to promote electric vehicles during a visit Wednesday to the Detroit auto show.
Logically→ Huge discrepancies in electricity prices observed between U.K. and the rest of Europe in August 2022.
Data from September 2021 is misinterpreted as data representing electricity prices in the U.K. and other European countries in 2022.
AllSides→ Joe Biden Falsely Claims ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Does Not Subsidize Foreign-Made Electric Cars
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/16/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-inflation-reduction-act-does-not-subsidize-electric-cars-made-mexico-canada/
PolitiFact→ Why it’s hard to compare electricity use between electric cars and household appliances
When Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said two electric vehicles would take 25 times the electricity of a refrigerator yearly, we did some math. The comparison is tough, but rough calculations show two EVs would take 7 times to 19 times more energy annually
Full Fact→ Out-of-date map showing high GB electricity prices compared to Europe re-emerges
A screenshot circulating on social media shows electricity prices in September 2021, and doesn’t reflect current prices.
Logically→ 5G networks can be used to detonate lithium battery-powered electric vehicles.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CERN Collider NOT Powered By Child Sacrifices, Human Blood — The Electricity It Runs On Comes From France
Is the CERN physics laboratory powered by child sacrifices or human blood? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that the lab, which is often referred to as the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, is being powered by anything oth
Snopes→ John Deere Addresses Viral Post About Electric Tractors
A politically-charged Facebook post told the story of a Midwest farmer who was supposedly asked by John Deere to switch to electric tractors.
FactCheck.org→ Photo Shows Electric Car-sharing Lot in China, Contrary to Facebook Post
Quick Take Congress has passed a bill that would fund incentives to purchase electric vehicles. But a false claim is circulating on social media that purports to show an “electric car cemetery” in France. The photo actually shows a car-shar
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video underestimates California’s capacity to accommodate electric cars and recycle their batteries
Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this photo doesn’t show abandoned French electric cars
Photo shows electric cars that were bought for civil servants in France and then abandoned because “it was too expensive to replace the batteries.”
Logically→ A Muslim man in India threatened to kill an electrician over the restoration of an illegal power supply connection.
A video of a Pakistani man threatening officials from the electricity department in 2020 has been falsely shared as an incident from India.
Logically→ The largest hydroelectric dam in the world has exploded.
The video does not depict an explosion at the world's largest dam in China. It shows flooding in Uttarakhand, India, in 2013 that damaged a structure.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Electric vehicle fires can be extinguished with water
You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn."
Snopes→ US Postal Service to Boost Purchases of Electric Vehicles
The Postal Service now wants 50% of its initial purchase of 50,000 next-generation vehicles to be electric, up from the previous plan for 20% being electric.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Didn’t Say ‘High Gas Prices Are Forcing People to Electric Vehicles’
RNC Research, a Twitter account managed by the Republican National Committee, claimed that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg bragged in a recent interview that “high gas prices are forcing people to electric vehicles”:RNC Research @RN
PolitiFact→ Pregúntele a PolitiFact: ¿Qué pasa con la factura de electricidad de Puerto Rico?
Pregúntele a PolitiFact: ¿Qué pasa con la factura de electricidad de Puerto Rico?
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What’s up with Puerto Rico’s electricity bills?
Ask PolitiFact: What’s up with Puerto Rico’s electricity bills?
Logically→ The temples in Tamil Nadu have to pay more for electricity than churches or mosques.
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Full Fact→ Public information film about the dangers of electricity has not been banned
A segment of a 1970s short film warning about the dangers of playing near electrical substations has not been banned.
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – High electricity costs tied to price of natural gas, not Green New Deal
"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."
Health Feedback→ SADS is caused by genetic mutations affecting the electrical system regulating heartbeat; no evidence it is caused by COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 8 June 2022, political commentator here and here, demonstrating the article’s ability to mislead online users. Sudden arrhythmia death syndrome (SADS), sometimes incorrectly called sudden adult death syndrome, occurs in young, apparently