Just when I thought the culture war over battery electric vehicles had finally cooled off, another recycled, fact-free myth pops up to prove me wrong. I can forgive the accidental stuff—the kind of mistake that happens when someone jumps into an EV for the first time without realizing that it’s not a petrol car with a socket instead of a fuel cap. That was the case with an ABC reporter who tried to use a DC fast charger without downloading or setting up the charging app beforehand, then waited all the way to 100 percent instead of moving on once…

Latvia just held a parliamentary election that, by the standards of a country used to geopolitical storms, was almost boring. There were no dramatic cyberattacks, no last-minute Russian interference operation powerful enough to tilt the result, and no scandal that forced the nation to hold its breath. The outcome, too, looked reassuring from the outside: an emphatic victory for the sitting prime minister, a Europe-friendly orientation confirmed, and a vote that seemed to reward stability over chaos. But people who watch the region more carefully know that a quiet election can still produce a loud and messy aftermath. The calm…