The Coyote Blog On EVs -- November 12, 2017

From The Coyote Blog: why is it so hard to get even smart people to think clearly on electric vehicle efficiency.

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Trump: One Year Later

Predictions one year ago when President Trump was elected president, and how it turned out:

• NYC tourism office said his election would cost the city 300,000 visitors; in fact, NYC foreign tourism will likely rise 3.6% this year;
• finance expert (and the term is used loosely) Steve Rattner foresaw "a market crash of historic proportions"; in fact, since his election, the global markets have added $26 trillion
• Moody warned of a "weaker" economy, saying 2% GDP was the best we could hope for; in fact, looking at 3% or more for Trump's full quarters
• other doomsayers
• Mark Cuban
• CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin
• Bridgewater Associates 
• Macroeconomic Advisers
• Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, walked back his earlier doomsday prediction, saying "a global recession with no end in sight"
• in fact:
• the Dow has climbed more than 25% since Hilary Clinton conceded
• the first two full quarters of Trump's term both saw growth of 3% or more
• predictions that ObamaCare enrollment would plummet; it didn't; a record number of people signed up in the first few days; the first day, 200,00 sign-ups, twice last year's number, and more than 1 million visited healthcare.gov versus 750,000 in 2016

and, finally:

As for all the noise about fascism and tyranny: Trump has scrupulously obeyed the law, even as judges came up with unprecedented legal theories to strike down his “travel ban” executive orders.