Staff Reports
California’s electric vehicle disaster just keeps getting worse. Despite relentless pressure from Governor Gavin Newsom and his gang of eco-fanatics, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the Golden State are flatlining — and for good reason. Sky-high prices, agonizing charging times, and that all-too-real “range anxiety” scare everyday Californians right out of the EV market. Meanwhile, Newsom doubles down on his madcap plan to ban gas-powered cars by 2035, dragging the state into a legal mess that’s more about virtue signaling than practical policy.
Let’s call this what it actually is: California’s EV mandate is a colossal failure. Newsom’s crusade is built on wishful thinking and a mixture of thinly veiled climate alarmism and corporate cronyism disguised as “green energy.” Just weeks after a statewide blackout offered a grim preview of the grid’s inability to handle even moderate surges in power demand, Newsom promises to force Californians into electric cars that are expensive, inconvenient, and incapable of matching gas vehicles on range or reliability. The public isn’t buying it — literally.
Despite sweet federal tax credits meant to lure buyers, the numbers are in free fall. New electric car registrations actually dropped in the second quarter of 2025 compared to last year, with EV market share shrinking steadily. This trend flies in the face of all the hype and nanny-state mandates. It tells a simple truth: most Americans don’t want to be pushed into an EV-shaped box built by politicians and special interests who care more about their climate bromides and Silicon Valley profits than the practical needs of drivers.
What’s even more galling is how Newsom and his political machine are fighting tooth and nail to preserve this failing mandate after Congress stripped California’s special waiver authority to impose its heavy-handed EV sales rules. The state’s lawsuit to maintain this regulation reeks of arrogance and a flagrant disregard for the will of the people who are coughing up the cash for these vehicles. California’s liberal elites want to dictate what kind of car you drive, regardless of cost or common sense — and they don’t mind wrecking the economy or infringing on personal freedoms to do it.
EVs and the Green New Scam are dirty business.
Man made environmental catastrophe.
"California EV Sales Continue to Lag as Gavin Newsom Fights to Save EV Mandate"
https://t.co/rrBJwPM44y via @BreitbartNews— Randy Dobbin (@RandyDobbin) August 3, 2025
The reality no amount of green propaganda can hide is that California’s EV obsession is a small, expensive luxury confined to elites and subsidies, not a mass-market reality. Forcing the entire state to electrify isn’t just foolish — it’s an assault on American values of choice, innovation, and freedom. When the government imposes these mandates without the infrastructure to support them or the public’s support, it’s a recipe for disaster. California is on track to become the poster child for how not to manage energy, transportation, or governance.
One has to ask: why is Gavin Newsom so hell-bent on pushing a failing policy that’s rejected by ordinary Californians? Is it green ideals? No — it’s narcissism, a desire to be seen as a climate warrior, and pandering to the globalist elites who see America’s auto and oil industries as obstacles to their vision of a controlled, sanitized future. The question now: how long before voters tire of these empty promises and start demanding a real, free-market approach that respects their wallets and their freedoms? Until then, California’s EV mandate morass will remain a cautionary tale of liberal failure run amok.
