Some social media posts have suggested that the government wants to push people to use electric vehicles so they can shut down a driver’s car at will.
The claims about electric vehicles echo the core themes at the center of several conspiracy theories peddled at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by followers of QAnon, a conspiracy theory that cast then-President Donald Trump as a hero fighting a cabal of elites who operate child sex trafficking rings.
One way to avoid high gas prices? Drive a car that doesn't use gas. Electric cars are in super high demand these days, which means they're hard to find, and cost more than usual. Scott Budman reports. Mentions of “electric cars” and the “government” have increased by 400% over the last four days across public social media accounts, news websites and television news, according to an analysis social media intelligence firm Zignal Labs conducted for The Associated Press.
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