Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jon Miltimore
“The Biden administration recently rolled out new emissions regulations that the New York Times said will ‘transform the American automobile market.’ … the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandating that a majority of new passenger vehicles sold in America be hybrids or EVs by 2032. The Biden administration and defenders of the policy argue that the EPA’s regulation is ‘not a ban’ on gas-powered cars, since carmakers are not prohibited from producing gas-powered vehicles. Instead, automakers are required to meet a government-mandated ‘average emissions limit’ across their entire vehicle line, to force them to produce more EVs and fewer gas-powered cars. It’s a clever ruse in that it allows the Biden administration to use regulatory power to force automobile manufactures off of gas-powered vehicles while denying that they are banning them. Whatever one chooses to call the regulation, its purpose is clear.” (04/17/24)
https://fee.org/articles/the-federal-phase-out-of-gasoline-cars-has-begun/