Biden’s Proposal: Gas-Powered Cars Gone in 7 Years

Proposed EPA Regulations Could Lead to the Disappearance of Gas-Powered Cars in 7 Years

A lobbying group for the oil and gas industry claims that the proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations amount to a “de facto ban” on gasoline-powered vehicles.

The EPA’s emissions rule aims to make automakers’ new car fleets 60 percent electric by 2030 and 67 percent electric by 2032, according to The Washington Times.

“This proposal seriously misses the mark,” said Mike Sommers, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute. “While not an explicit ban on internal combustion engines, this proposal is a de facto ban that will eliminate competition, distort the market and restrict consumer choice, while being potentially more costly to taxpayers.”

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the top trade group for the auto industry, also opposes the rule. In comments submitted to the EPA, the group stated, “These levels are substantially higher than what the auto industry indicated was achievable,” adding that “these proposed rules effectively require an additional 10-fold sales increase in a mere eight years.”

The group pointed out that the infrastructure for a large number of electric vehicles (EVs) is not yet in place, even if there is demand for them. “Customers will consider affordability and access to home and public charging infrastructure, requiring stepped-up efforts at the state and local level,” the group wrote. “Recent analysis indicates all of these are in much shorter supply than needed to meet EPA’s ambitious proposal by 2032.”

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The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) argues that the proposed rule is an example of federal overreach. “EPA’s fact sheet states the proposed standards would contribute ‘toward the goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius,'” DANR wrote.

“The U.S. Congress has not established this 2 degrees Celsius goal under the requirements of [the] Clean Air Act, and this goal is not found in a promulgated regulation. It is evident that EPA lacks clear authority from Congress to require a generation-shifting approach to reduce vehicle emissions. Therefore, DANR does not think EPA has clear authority to implement these proposed emission standards and views this effort as federal overreach,” it wrote.

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