Today’s Solutions: August 12, 2026

You know the electric vehicle (EV) revolution is at a tipping point when German legislators of both parties vote for a resolution to ban the internal combustion engine (ICE) by 2030. After all, Germans invented the first practical motorcar and the diesel engine. They’re such a car-loving culture that large stretches of their autobahns have no speed limit. Of course, the best new electric cars already accelerate much faster than ICE cars — so they are the…

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