Is the Electric Vehicle Panacea Crashing in California and America?

Commentary The idea that the panacea of electric vehicles will end “climate change” may have finally crashed into the wall of reality. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was interviewed on May 26 by host Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.” The full interview is on YouTube. Ms. Brennan is the most informative and objective of interviewers in the mainstream media. Although “Mayor Pete,” as he came to be known, was merely the mayor of South Bend, Ind., population 103,000, in 2020 he won the Iowa Caucuses, briefly gaining national attention. He previously worked at McKinsey & Company, which hires really smart people to consult for corporate clients. According to Mr. Buttigieg, his work “consisted of doing mathematical analysis, conducting research, and preparing presentations” on studies for clients. That means he is one of the smarter people in the Biden Administration....