Former President Donald Trump used his nomination speech to take aim at President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle policies, vowing to action against them on his first day in office.
“I will end the electric vehicle mandate on day one,” Trump said in his address at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The move would result in “saving the US auto industry from complete obliteration, which is happening right now, and saving US customers thousands and thousands of dollars per car,” he said.
While the Biden administration doesn’t have a mandate on electric vehicles, critics of new air-pollution limits issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in March have said they would illegally force automakers to sell EVs.
Trump has repeatedly vowed to repeal what he calls Biden’s “EV mandate,” referring to a new EPA regulation limiting tailpipe pollution that is so strict it would compel automakers to sell far more electric and hybrid models over time.
Although automakers have a choice in how they comply with the pollution limits, they’re expected to meet them by selling more lower-emission hybrids and zero-emission EVs.
Under one scenario modeled by the EPA, about 56% of sales of new cars and light trucks in 2032 would be electric and an additional 16% would be hybrids.
Trump’s remarks on EVs came just moments before he criticized what he said was trillions of dollars of wasteful spending “having to do with the green new scam.” He said he would instead direct the money to projects like roads, bridges and dams, though it wasn’t immediately clear how he would make good on the pledge.
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@WalrusHalDemocrat2yrs2Y
There is no national EV mandate.
This is a lie to stir up voters.
@L0bby1stPieRepublican2yrs2Y
Already a mandate in Cali! It will be adopted by others I’m sure
@WalrusHalDemocrat2yrs2Y
California is an individual state.
Take it up with California.
There is no *National Mandate.
Not sure if this good or bad for Tesla but this will sure save us tax payers money and use it for other things.
@SadBi11R1ghtsGreen2yrs2Y
but the tax credits are the consumers own money they get to use to buy EVs. its not other peoples tax dollars theyre using
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How do you feel about the idea of the government influencing what type of cars we should drive?
@9R4ZVK42yrs2Y
We should be finding new technology that is green.
When the cost of EV transportation is much less expensive than ICE transportation the market will adjust accordingly. Mandates won't matter.
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