In The Tank

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 439 of the In The Tank Podcast. The electric vehicle industry can not catch a break. There have been a number of stories coming out highlighting the "sluggish" sales of electric vehicles over the past few months. But now, a recent study is challenging the very idea that electric cars are better for the environment. Additionally, a massive Tesla plant in Germany was apparently the target of ecoterrorism.

OPENING CHIT CHAT = SUPER TUESDAY ELECTIONS/HALEY IS OUT
NYT - 5 Takeaways From Super Tuesday: Trump Wins and Haley Exits
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/politics/super-tuesday-trump-biden-takeaways.html
 
ABC News - Nikki Haley suspends 2024 campaign, doesn't endorse Donald Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=107842396
 
 
Primary Topic = Electric Vehicles Are Worse For The Environment
WSJ - Electric Cars Emit More Particulate Pollution
https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-cars-emit-more-soot-california-ban-gas-powered-vehicles-521b29e3
 
Daily Mail - Electric cars release more toxic emissions than petrol-powered vehicles and are worse for the environment
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13156803/Electric-cars-release-toxic-emissions-petrol-powered-vehicles-worse-environment.html
 
Emissions Analytics - Gaining traction, losing tread Pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions
https://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/gaining-traction-losing-tread
 
Fox News - Stop Chinese EVs before they destroy our auto industry
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/stop-chinese-evs-before-they-destroy-our-auto-industry
 
CNN - How EVs became such a massive disappointment
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/cars/what-happened-with-electric-vehicle-sales-in-2023/index.html
 
Fortune - Elon Musk’s German Tesla plant suffers close to $1 billion in damages after attack by the ‘dumbest ecoterrorists on earth’
https://fortune.com/2024/03/06/elon-musk-tesla-germany-gigafactory-fire-volcano-group-damages/
 
 
Davos Watch = ESG Fails in Europe
 
Forbes - Vote On EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Law Falls Short, March 15 Deadline Looms
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2024/02/28/vote-on-eu-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-law-falls-short-march-15-deadline-looms/?sh=2cef033b7de9
 
Euro News - Euroviews. CSDDD: A tale of corporations hijacking the EU's democratic process
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/03/05/csddd-a-tale-of-corporations-hijacking-the-eus-democratic-process

Creators & Guests

Host
Chris Talgo
Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.
Host
Donald Kendal
Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.
Host
Jim Lakely
Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.

What is In The Tank?

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more.

This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.