{"id":2332158,"date":"2024-08-27T21:28:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-says-its-a-lie-that-kamala-backs-ev-mandates-but-her-record-tells-a-different-story\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:34:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:34:41","slug":"harris-campaign-says-its-a-lie-that-kamala-backs-ev-mandates-but-her-record-tells-a-different-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-says-its-a-lie-that-kamala-backs-ev-mandates-but-her-record-tells-a-different-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Campaign Says It&#8217;s A &#8216;Lie&#8217; That Kamala Backs EV Mandates, But Her Record Tells A Different Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fharris-campaign-says-its-a-lie-that-kamala-backs-ev-mandates-but-her-record-tells-a-different-story%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=2332158&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--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-anti-israel-activist-heading-to-biden-state-dept\/\" title=\"Report:\u00a0Anti-Israel Activist Heading to Biden State Dept\">campaign team<\/a>\u2063 has refuted claims\u2064 that she supports electric vehicle (EV) \u200cmandates, labeling them as false. However, her past actions\u200b suggest otherwise. While \u200dserving as a U.S.\u200d Senator, Harris co-sponsored the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act, \u2064which aimed to ensure that all new car sales would either be \u2062EVs or emissions-free by 2040. During her presidential campaign in 2020, she proposed a \u200cplan for complete \u200czero-emissions car sales by 2035. Additionally, as part of the Biden \u2064administration, she has been associated \u2063with its \u2062aggressive push\u2064 for EVs, \u200cwhich aims for 50% of new \u200bcar sales\u200d to be\u200b electric\u200c by \u200c2030.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration, \u200dwhere Harris\u2063 holds a significant position, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-says-agency-will-work-on-safety-improvements-in-wake-of-east-palestine-crash\/\" title=\"Buttigieg says agency will work on safety improvements in wake of East Palestine crash\">implemented regulations<\/a> through the Environmental Protection Agency\u200b and\u200b National Highway\u2064 Traffic Safety Administration \u200dthat would pressure auto manufacturers to \u200bincrease the\u2062 production of EVs significantly. Despite these efforts, \u200bthe current uptake \u2064of EVs has been slower than expected, with manufacturers\u2062 facing financial challenges and consumers\u200b hesitant\u2062 to transition. Charging infrastructure\u200b remains limited, primarily in coastal\u200d urban areas, and\u200b a federal initiative to improve it has seen minimal progress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; campaign team said Tuesday it is a &ldquo;lie&rdquo; that she supports electric vehicle mandates, but her record on the issue suggests the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign blasted out an  ahead of Republican Ohio Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-fires-back-democratic-governor-wishing-member-family-get-raped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a>&rsquo;s Tuesday visit to Michigan, with campaign communications official Ammar Moussa writing that Vance would &ldquo;undoubtedly lie&rdquo; about things like the notion that &ldquo;Harris wants to force every American to own an electric vehicle.&rdquo; However, Harris backed EV mandates while serving in the U.S. Senate, and presided over the Biden administration&rsquo;s massive spending and regulatory push to effectively force more EVs on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vice President Harris does not support an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-american-voters-reject-bidens-climate-agenda-want-reliable-affordable-domestic-energy\/\" title=\"Poll: American Voters Reject Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda \u2013 Want Reliable, Affordable Domestic Energy\u00a0\">electric vehicle mandate<\/a>,&rdquo; Moussa wrote in the . &ldquo;Donald Trump railed against the Inflation Reduction Act while the Biden-Harris administration oversaw the creation of tens of thousands of new, clean energy jobs in Michigan and provided ground-breaking subsidies and tax credits for electric vehicles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then-Senator Harris was a co-sponsor of the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act in 2019, a bill that initially proposed to require 100 percent of new car sales to be EVs or otherwise be emissions-free by 2040. Harris later campaigned, during her failed 2020 presidential bid, on having all new car sales be zero-emissions models by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was also the second-highest ranking member of the Biden administration while it pursued the biggest EV agenda in American history. The Biden administration has a goal of having EVs or other zero-emissions models make up 50 percent of new auto sales by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Regulatory agencies like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-booker-has-a-plan-to-boost-environmental-protection-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>&nbsp;and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration promulgated stringent regulations that will effectively force auto manufacturers to significantly increase the  of EVs and zero-emissions cars in their new fleets by 2032. Moreover, the administration is spending billions of dollars to boost EV production, adoption and charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>However, the administration&rsquo;s EV agenda has not been especially successful to date, with consumers still hesitating to make the leap as manufacturers lose considerable sums of money on their EV lines and executives back away from some near-term production targets. Charging infrastructure remains concentrated primarily in more densely-populated coastal regions of the U.S., and a $7.5 billion program to build out charging infrastructure in parts of the country that need it most has so far resulted in only a handful of stations being built.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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The Harris campaign issued a statement prior to Republican Senator J.D. Vance&#8217;s visit to Michigan, with communications official Ammar Moussa asserting that Vance would &#8220;undoubtedly lie&#8221; about her supposed desire to mandate EV ownership for all Americans. However, during her time in the U.S. Senate, Harris endorsed EV mandates and played a significant role in the Biden administration&#8217;s extensive efforts to promote EV adoption through spending and regulations. Moussa emphasized that &#8220;Vice President Harris does not support an electric vehicle mandate,&#8221; while highlighting the job creation and subsidies for clean energy under the Biden-Harris administration.<\/p>\n<p>As a senator, Harris co-sponsored the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act in 2019, which aimed to ensure that all new car sales would be either electric or emissions-free by 2040. During her unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2020, she advocated for all new car sales to be zero-emissions by 2035. As one of the top officials in the Biden administration, she was involved in pursuing an ambitious EV agenda with a target of having half of new auto sales be EVs or zero-emission models by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Regulatory bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have implemented strict regulations requiring automakers to significantly increase their production of EVs and zero-emission vehicles by 2032. Additionally, billions are being invested into enhancing EV production and charging infrastructure; however, progress has been slow as consumers remain hesitant about transitioning to electric vehicles amid financial losses faced by manufacturers on their EV lines.<\/p>\n<p>The charging infrastructure is primarily located along densely populated coastal areas of the U.S., with only limited progress made from a $7.5 billion initiative aimed at expanding charging stations where they are most needed across other regions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2332159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-19-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39487,35844,32438,36558],"class_list":["post-2332158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ev-mandates","tag-harris-campaign","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-claims"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-19-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332158","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}