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California EV sales are falling. Is it just temporary, or a threat to state climate goals?

Feb 15, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -6% Center

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    30% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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8% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "Read more: The L.A. Times guide to buying an electric car nowGovernment incentives, whether tax credits or cash grants, do help boost EV sales.
52% : Cantor, the BNEF analyst, said that although recent sales figures are worrisome, there's plenty of momentum behind the EV transition, as evidenced by government mandates around the globe and massive investments by motor vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers.
48% : As The Times reported in January, the state government is contending with an undependable charging system that, according to studies from academic researchers and market analysts, can be counted on to malfunction at least 20% of the time.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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