“Photo shows sea of abandoned electric cars in France because "it was too expensive to replace the batteries.”
Social media posts
United States. Claim dated 7 Aug 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The photo actually shows a car-sharing company’s storage lot in China. The cars were to be replaced by updated electric vehicles.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 August 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 August 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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