The Biden administration plans to ease limits on tailpipe emissions proposed last year by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), giving automakers more time before being required to sell significantly more electric cars than gas-powered cars. reported this weekend. Underneath By 2032, electric vehicles should account for 67 percent of new car and light truck sales.
Instead of forcing manufacturers to increase EV sales immediately, the changes will allow them to make a more gradual transition through the rest of the 2020s, the sources said. NYT. After 2030, EV sales will have to increase dramatically. Automakers have argued that the current cost of electric vehicles and the lack of charging infrastructure stand in the way of meeting extreme targets like those proposed by the EPA. Electric vehicles accounted for only 7.6 percent of new cars sold in the United States last year NYT.
The revision is likely a move to appease unions, which represent a demographic that appears to be a key area of support for Biden and have expressed the need for more time to integrate new EV plants, among other concerns. NYT. The regulations have not yet been finalized but are expected to be published in the spring.
