BYD, China’s largest EV auto maker, which recently surpassed Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, is reviewing potential locations for a plant  in Mexico that would allow it to bring its low-cost electric vehicles into the United States. Mexico offers close proximity to U.S. markets, relatively low labor costs and the opportunity to take advantage of low or zero tariffs on made-in-Mexico vehicles. Some of the locations BYD is considering are near the U.S. border. At...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the growing fatigue of the #TeamBiden and highlights from the world of energy.

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• Trump Fatigue: The Struggle is Real
• Foreign Policy Apologists, Source: Wall Street Journal
• Union accuses Sierra Club of plotting to fire strikers
• Qatar taking advantage of the U.S. Pause
• Germany wind
• New Soros
• IRA provisions could cost double with new emissions rule
• Blanchard Warns of Fiscal Crisis in...

In a concession to automakers and labor unions during an election year, the Biden administration plans to relax elements of its regulations to limit tailpipe emissions that are designed to get Americans to switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles.  Biden’s EPA is planning to give automakers more time to ramp up sales of electric vehicles. The revised regulations would not require a sharp increase in EV sales until after 2030 . The final rule is expected to be published by early...

The $2 billion conversion of Mexico’s Energia Costa Azul gas terminal into an LNG export facility will open a new, faster means for U.S. natural gas producers to access Asian gas markets, circumventing the Panama Canal. Costa Azul’s conversion is the first of several gas export projects proposed in Mexico, but President Joe Biden’s recent pause on LNG export approvals casts uncertainty over their timelines and development, as these ventures need Energy Department authorization to ship...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna go over the recent shake-ups at FERC brought on, in part, by the FOIA requests made by the Institute for Energy Research, and other energy stories in the headlines. Later, Ryan Walters, the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Oklahoma, joins the show for a discussion on the state of American education.

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• Clements out at FERC
• EPA Hiring Spree
• Residential Solar Confronts a Critical Year
• Can the U.S....

WASHINGTON DC (02/15/2024) – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7176, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 by a vote of 224 – 200. This bill, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), reverses President Biden’s ban on approvals of exports of liquified natural gas (LNG). Increased U.S. exports reduce global emissions, restore U.S. reliability as an energy supplier to our allies, and lower energy prices for American consumers.

Following passage of...

The American Energy Alliance support H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, which would remove restrictions on approvals of exports of liquified natural gas.

The restrictions targeted for repeal by H.R 7176 are antiquated procedures left over from the days of energy scarcity. Fears that the United States was running out of natural gas prompted special approval requirements for any exports. This is not the world we live in today. Domestic natural gas production has nearly...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna provide a rundown of the the latest deals going down in Congress and the state of EV sales in America. The team are joined by Greg Sindelar, the CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) for a discussion on what's happening in the great state of Texas.

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• Reuters: Ford slows EVs, sends a truckload of cash to investors
• Fox Business: Biden's latest climate rules crack down on manufacturing, ignoring...

Electric vehicles typically weigh significantly more than gasoline-powered cars and can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, raising concerns about roadside safety, according to a crash test  by the University of Nebraska. Electric vehicles typically weigh 20 percent to 50 percent more than gas-powered vehicles due to their batteries that can weigh almost as much as a small gas-powered car. For example, Ford’s F-150 Lightning EV...

Between the federal government, states and municipalities, billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent adding electric buses to transit fleets across the United States to supposedly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, these electric buses are sitting unused as they are broken-down and either cannot be fixed, are too expensive to fix, or have been scrapped altogether.

Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, recently expressed frustration  that three of the five e-buses the city...