NYT: Automakers Want Trump to Keep Biden EV Mandates in Place
Back in August, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign said that she didn’t support an electric vehicle (EV) mandate. As with many of her policies, that was a 180-degree turn. Earlier, as a senator, Harris had co-sponsored the Zero Emission Vehicles Act of 2019 which mandated that by 2030, half of all passenger vehicles sold would have to be zero-emission vehicles (either electric or hydrogen-powered), raming that number up to 100 percent by 2040.
The Harris campaign is now claiming that she doesn’t support an Electric Vehicle (EV) mandate.
When she was a senator, Harris cosponsored the Zero-Emissions Vehicle Act of 2019, which contained a requirement for car manufacturers to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2040. pic.twitter.com/nx7BhFfvQz
— Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) August 27, 2024
Her campaign declined to comment on whether she’d sign the Zero-Emissions Vehicle Act when asked.
In September, Volvo announced that it was scrapping its plan to manufacture only EVs by 2030. The market just didn’t support it.
The New York Times has a report Saturday that big automobile manufacturers are hoping that Donald Trump will keep the Biden-Harris EV mandates in place. (He won’t.) It seems they’ve already sunk big money into going all-electric.
Big automakers want to ask Trump to keep Biden EV mandates in place. Consumers don’t want the cars, but the companies have already sunk so much money in EVs to comply with federal regulations. Now, they don’t want to compete with gas cars. From NYT: https://t.co/HQn4yho11a
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 23, 2024
During his speech at the Democratic National Convention, President Joe Biden bragged about building 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations, when in reality $7.5 billion had been spent to build just seven.
“Now, they don’t want to compete with gas cars.”
First of all, LOLOL. Second of all, hahahaha. And last, it sucks to be them.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) November 23, 2024
No. If EVs can’t make it without mandates and subsidies that should be telling us that the demand for EVs just isn’t there. The car companies should have reacted sooner. The signs were all over the place.
— Samuel Culper 722 (@politiwars) November 23, 2024
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The Green New Deal is not going well. 🤣😂
— Savannah (@BasedSavannah) November 23, 2024
Tough crap. Get rid of the mandates and let the free market decide.
— AdamInHTownTX (@AdamInHTownTX) November 23, 2024
They can get bent.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) November 23, 2024
The EV mandates should go if for no other reason than to tell corporations that they should resist government intervention, even if they think they want it at the moment.
— AmishDude (@TheAmishDude) November 23, 2024
No more EV mandates.
No more CAFE standards.
Americans buy the cars they actually want.
Period.
— Chris McKeever 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@TheRealMcKeever) November 23, 2024
They need to learn what a “sunk cost” is.
— Meowder Mittens (@catspaw55) November 23, 2024
All government mandates need to be scrapped. The people don’t want EVs, and they can’t afford them anyway.
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