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Omaha Steve

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Wed Apr 12, 2023, 07:56 AM Apr 2023

EPA pollution limits aim to boost US electric vehicle sales

Source: AP

By MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales.

The proposed regulation, announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, would set tailpipe emissions limits for the 2027 through 2032 model years that are the strictest ever imposed — and call for far more new EV sales than the auto industry agreed to less than two years ago.

If finalized next year as expected, the plan would represent the strongest push yet toward a once almost unthinkable shift from gasoline-powered cars and trucks to battery-powered vehicles.

A look at what the EPA is proposing, how the plan serves President Joe Biden’s ambitious goal to cut America’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, and whether the auto industry can meet the new EV targets:



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-electric-vehicles-epa-tailpipe-emissions-climate-406d74e18459bc135f089c681ba9e224

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EPA pollution limits aim to boost US electric vehicle sales (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2023 OP
More than 2/3 of vehicles sold will be electric or hydrogen cause that's what will be manufactured. Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #1
No longer any need for EV subsidies MichMan Apr 2023 #2
Better start building domestic Lithium and Cobalt mines asap MichMan Apr 2023 #3
 

Alexander Of Assyria

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1. More than 2/3 of vehicles sold will be electric or hydrogen cause that's what will be manufactured.
Wed Apr 12, 2023, 08:08 AM
Apr 2023

Auto industry does not have to agree to make EVs, the industry has to agree to service the mountain of consumer demand in the pipeline.

And if ad spending is any indication the auto industry is all in on EVs, consumers can’t be far behind.

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