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Latest Fact-Checks In Transportation

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Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2023 a Facebook post:
Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • February 28, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 a Facebook post:
The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying “over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 27, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2023 an Instagram post:
"The laws governing Agenda 2030 land development allows the government to seize polluted lands and move their residents to … smart cities.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 a post:
Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • February 23, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2023 a Facebook post:
“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 18, 2023
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on February 15, 2023 a photo on Facebook:
“Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins. Trump killed them.”
Mostly True
By Sara Swann • February 17, 2023
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on January 27, 2023 a video:
“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 19, 2023 a video:
The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 27, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 30, 2022 a post:
Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • December 13, 2022
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 29, 2022 an interview:
In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2022
Debbie Lesko
Debbie Lesko
stated on August 30, 2022 a tweet:
Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”
Mostly False
By Haley Tenore • October 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2022 a Facebook post:
The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.”
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • September 21, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 9, 2022 an Instagram post:
Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 11, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on July 17, 2022 Debate:
“We have more oil and gas permits than ever before right now.”
Mostly True
By Kelly Smits • August 9, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2022 una publicación en Facebook:
Pilotos protestan contra vacuna COVID-19 en aeropuerto de Atlanta.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • July 14, 2022
Tony Kurtz
Tony Kurtz
stated on April 7, 2022 Twitter:
If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 19, 2022
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 7, 2022 TV ad:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • April 1, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 Twitter:
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on December 21, 2021 News release:
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2022 a Facebook post:
A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 3, 2022
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