CAFE standards become front lines in EV war
Plans by the Biden administration to strengthen fuel economy standards are becoming a proxy war between supporters of gasoline-powered cars and electric vehicles.
The oil industry and conservative states said the proposal amounts to a mandate for more electric vehicles, while carmakers said they’d be hard-pressed to produce enough EVs, according to statements submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as the comment period for the proposal closed Monday. Other states and climate groups argued for stricter standards to curb pollution.
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As electric vehicles — critical in the effort to reduce emissions in transportation — become more economical, the federal government and some states are addressing the need for supporting infrastructure, such as charging stations.
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More than 30 years after the last major update of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has upended the ability of Congress to give the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies broad scope to combat air pollution, including the emission of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, further Biden administration efforts to limit emissions face opposition in the courts.