By AMANDA SEITZ, Associated PressFILE - Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 8, 2022. Social media users are suggesting soaring fuel prices in the U.S. are part of a government scheme to get drivers into electric vehicles. The electric vehicle appears to be the latest reiteration of those conspiracy theories. Contrary to that assertion, electric vehicles work similarly to gas-powered ones; the government cannot shut down individual vehicles at will. The pair promoted the federal government’s funding for public transportation and electric vehicles under Biden’s infrastructure law passed last year.

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