weekend. they re trying to get to the bottom of it. over the thanksgiving holiday, joe took jill and hunter and the kids to the snazzy island off the coast of massachusetts, nantucket, a getaway. he left on sunday. hours later, boom, all five of biden s secret service rental cars burst into flames. they were parked at the nantucket airport, just feet away from the jet fuel tanks. wow. that was a close one. now, when we first got wind of this, we thought, whoa, was this another tesla fire? they ve been exploding like hand grenades recently. then we remembered biden doesn t drive electric. he just wants you to. the destroyed vehicles include a chevy, ford expedition, a gas guzzler. we have some questions. why is the president s motorcade booking hertz rental cars? also look at the damage.
of the eu s total gas imports. but the bloc s biggest gas guzzler, germany, is haggling for a deal with qatar to help replace russian gas. with even more sold to asia, and soaring prices, qatar earned over $50 billion from selling energy in the first half of this year. and it also plans to double output in coming years, to reap the rewards as buyers scramble to secure supplies. just yesterday, china struck a deal to buy $60 billion worth of qatari gas over 27 years. already, qatar is recycling some of those earnings in ways to increase its profile and influence. over £40 billion has been invested here. the qatari government has significant shareholdings in the likes of barclays bank, sainsburys, heathrow airport and water company severn trent.
house continues to have a lot of crises on its plate it seems to continue to prioritize one thing, and that is electric cars and moving in that direction of cleaner green energy in this country no matter the cost. a massive heat wave is putting california s electric car hypocrisy on full display. governor newsom now asking californians to restrict electricity use from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. every day coming just after the state banned the purchase of new gas-powered vehicles by the year 2035. a new oped with the headline no fun in the california sun. heat waves aren t unusual. not long ago california and other states were able to manage through them without having to resort to emergency measures. no more. better hold onto that gas guzzler if you want to drive to the beach to escape the heat. house republican whip steve scalise sounded off tweeting this is what democrat control
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he is the chief scientist at a company called wayve and he is here to tell us about autonomous driving vehicles and, last but not least we have linda zhang from the united states. she is the chief engineer for the f150 lightning and has managed somehow to electrify one of america s most iconic and brilliant cars. pleasejoin me in welcoming them today. applause. linda, let s start with you. people outside the united states probably will not know what an icon the f150 is. yes, it is. f series is such an iconic brand and it s responsible for $112 billion of revenue so that is 17 million units on the road pretty much at any given time since 2020. and it s a bit of a gas guzzler, you get, i think, eight kilometres a litre out of it and your role in electrifying this vehicle has made you woman of the year according to usa today and put you on the cover