{"id":2200078,"date":"2024-03-15T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T22:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-republicans-propose-bills-combating-potential-state-gas-powered-vehicle-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T19:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T23:03:47","slug":"louisiana-republicans-propose-bills-combating-potential-state-gas-powered-vehicle-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-republicans-propose-bills-combating-potential-state-gas-powered-vehicle-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana GOP Introduces Legislation to Counter Possible Ban on Gas Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flouisiana-republicans-propose-bills-combating-potential-state-gas-powered-vehicle-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2200078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is Louisiana Putting the Brakes on a \u200dGas Vehicle \u2064Ban?<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold move, <strong>Louisiana&#8217;s\u2062 Republican lawmakers<\/strong> are steering away \u2062from a possible statewide prohibition on the sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-ca-dem-senators-tell-biden-to-set-hard-date-to-eliminate-sale-of-gas-powered-vehicles\/\" title=\"Two CA Dem Senators Tell Biden To Set Hard Date To Eliminate Sale Of Gas-Powered Vehicles\">gas-powered vehicles<\/a>, by presenting two pivotal legislative proposals. These\u2063 bills \u2064are set to challenge any forthcoming restrictions, putting the interests of combustion engine\u2063 enthusiasts and traditional auto \u2062industries in the\u2062 spotlight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One bill encountered a speed\u200b bump with a delay, \u200dwhile\u2064 its legislative counterpart gears\u2064 up for debate next \u2064week in the\u2062 state House\u200c of Representatives,\u200d as noted by the Center Square.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Revving Up Resistance: The Bills in Question<\/h3>\n<p>House Bill 515, championed \u2064by Rep. Dodie Horton, emerges as a \u2063bulwark\u2063 against the government&#8217;s potential imposition on gas-powered\u200b car \u200dsales. Horton&#8217;s bill is designed \u200bto\u2063 ensure <strong>Louisiana&#8217;s citizens\u200b can keep\u200c buying gas vehicles<\/strong> without\u200c facing environmental \u2064program-based\u200d obstructions.<\/p>\n<h3>Legislative Allies &#038; Auto Industry Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Although Horton stands behind her own \u2064bill, she shows a strategic preference for the deferred\u200c bill by Rep. Phillip \u200dTarver,\u200b who also happens to be a Toyota\u2063 car dealership owner.<\/p>\n<p>The automotive landscape faced a shake-up when the National Highway \u2063Traffic Safety Administration floated a\u2062 proposal that could shift gears drastically. By 2032, this \u200d <strong>mileage \u200cmandate<\/strong> would coerce an industry-wide average of around 58 miles per \u2064gallon, speeding up the transition to electric and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-profited-from-joe-biden-losing-energy-race-with-communist-china\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden Profited from Joe Biden Losing Energy Race with Communist China\">battery-powered vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Charging against\u200c the Current: The EV Mandate Debate<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u200blegislation is a direct response to the criticism of President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration&#8217;s\u200c drive toward\u2063 an electric\u2063 vehicle-dominated future, with a target that two-thirds of\u2064 all vehicles sold\u2062 be \u2063battery-powered.<\/li>\n<li>In defiance, in January, Gov. Jeff \u2063Landry (R-LA), alongside 15 other Republican governors, \u200bdrafted a letter to President Biden, debunking the \u2064&#8221;unrealistic \u200dEV mandate&#8221; as a \u2063move that consumers have not \u200cembraced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite federal \u200bclaims\u200b touting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-buy-american-clean-energy-conundrum\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s \u2018Buy American\u2019 Clean Energy Conundrum\">environmental benefit<\/a> of electric vehicles, consumers express their <strong>concern<\/strong> over EVs \u200brelated to both \u200dtheir reliability and upfront costs.\u2063 Furthermore, battery issues have surged, placing a question mark\u2063 over the practicality of such vehicles. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-climate-and-green-agenda\/\" title=\"Debating Trump, DeSantis, and GOP's 2024 stance on climate and green agenda.\">auto\u200c industry<\/a> \u2063also \u2064revs up its grievance \u2062by arguing that EV production is \u200coutpacing actual consumer \u200ddemand, leaving \u200ddealerships with \u2064an oversupply of electric models.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"#readmore\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE\u2062 FROM THE\u2062 WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zooming out to a broader view, it&#8217;s clear that\u2062 the tug of war between tradition and transition \u200bis accelerating \u2062in Louisiana. As debate revs up over these controversial bills, the state is positioned at\u200b the forefront of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-police-department-assigns-implicit-bias-training-saying-criminal-justice-system-was-set-up-by-white-men-to-benefit-white-men\/\" title=\"Georgia Police Department Assigns Implicit Bias Training Saying Criminal Justice System Was \u2018Set Up By White Men to Benefit White Men\u2019\">national conversation<\/a> about the future of transportation and the role of government in steering \u200cmarket \u2063trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana Republicans have introduced two bills to thwart a potential ban on combustion engine vehicle sales. One bill&#8217;s consideration was deferred, while the second is slated for discussion in the upcoming week at the state House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2669,"featured_media":2200079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24011033078247-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2200078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24011033078247-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}