Forbes Magazine Deliberately Misrepresents the Case for Electric Vehicles
I honestly don’t know what to make of supposedly honest and professional reporters who write articles that deliberately misrepresent the case for electric vehicles. Here’s Forbes Magazine’s recent piece Electric Cars Are An Extraordinarily Bad Idea, by Louis Woodhill. And here’s the truth, a rebuttal in which Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott exposes Woodhill’s article for what it is: a litany of disinformation.
Always the gentleman, Scott’s tone is polite and respectful. Mine isn’t. I’m infuriated that millions of people were exposed to this concatenation of distortions and outright lies. If I were Forbes, I’d be deeply ashamed, and I’d certainly refuse to accept another syllable from Woodhill.
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