Biden rolling back EV rules used to push EV sales?!?

[Melensdad]

Can this be true?

Shocking development: Biden plans to roll back rule designed to juice EV push on country - Washington Examiner

President Joe Biden is planning to slow down the roll out of a rule that was designed to juice the United States’s transition to electric vehicles.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Shocking development: Biden plans to roll back rule designed to juice EV push on country​

Misty SeveriFebruary 17, 2024 1:32 pm​

The Biden administration is planning to slow down the rollout of a rule that was designed to juice the United States’s transition to electric vehicles.​

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The administration is reportedly planning to relax its limits on tailpipe emissions, in an election-year concession to labor unions and automakers, sources told the New York Times on Saturday. ​

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Instead of forcing automakers to continue producing more and more EVs to hit near-term targets, the administration will relax the rules, giving manufacturers until after 2030 to boost their sales significantly, the sources said. The final version of the rule is expected to be announced in the spring.​

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The Environmental Protection Agency originally announced a new rule last year that would require nearly 70% of new car and truck sales to have no tailpipe emissions by 2032. But critics claim the sudden shift would have devastated the U.S. auto industry.​

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The slowdown still requires automakers to transition nearly 70% of their new car and truck sales to have no tailpipe emissions by 2032, but would allow a slower and steadier on-ramp to reach that number before 2030.​

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The new development comes as President Joe Biden needs support from labor unions and automakers in a pivotal election year. Biden saw support from autoworkers in the 2020 election, but many are concerned that a drastic increase in EVs would cost people their jobs. Automakers are also hesitant after consumer demand for EVs remains lower than expected.​

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Part of the reason that consumers have been hesitant to transition to EVs is due to a lack of charging stations nationwide and the higher sticker price. Former President Donald Trump has also tried to convince consumers that EVs don’t work.​

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It also came after the automakers asked for more time to address these concerns, including bringing down the high EV prices and installing more charging stations across the country. Autoworkers have also asked for more time to unionize the new EV car plants that are sprouting up in the South. ​

 

[waybomb]

"I told you so" said many people.

 

[Melensdad]

Apparently it is for political survival rather than global survival?

Biden Administration Is Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to Electric Cars

The change to planned rules was an election-year concession to labor unions and auto executives, according to people familiar with the plan.

www.nytimes.com

FULL STORY at NY TIMES link above ^^^

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Biden Administration Is Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to Electric Cars​

The change to planned rules was an election-year concession to labor unions and auto executives, according to people familiar with the plan.​

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By Coral Davenport​

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In a concession to automakers and labor unions, the Biden administration intends to relax elements of one of its most ambitious strategies to combat climate change, limits on tailpipe emissions that are designed to get Americans to switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan.​

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Instead of essentially requiring automakers to rapidly ramp up sales of electric vehicles over the next few years, the administration would give car manufacturers more time, with a sharp increase in sales not required until after 2030, these people said. They asked to remain anonymous because the regulation has not been finalized. The administration plans to publish the final rule by early spring.​

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The change comes as President Biden faces intense crosswinds as he runs for re-election. . . ​

 

[mbsieg]

Maybe the people who kept thinking this was a political power thing. Will actually give them a second look now. I know. I sure as hell didn't buy one to save the planet. But it's definitely saved my wallet.