The Biden administration proposed strict new auto emissions rules on Wednesday aimed at accelerating the U.S. electric vehicle transition with the goal of having EVs account for up to 67% of all new vehicles sold by 2032.
The proposed standards, which President Joe Biden ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to craft in an August 2021 executive order under the Clean Air Act, will apply to passenger vehicles beginning in model year 2027 and extending through model year 2032.
The guidance from the Biden administration includes four different emissions-limiting options for the EPA to choose from following a public comment period, an effort to allow some degree of flexibility for the EPA in moving to adopt the proposed guidelines.Still, the targets are ambitious. Even the most modest option would require at least 54% of new car sales in the U.S.
"Even with positive EV sales momentum and product excitement, there are challenges to the electrification transition ahead," it said."This requires a massive, 100-year change to the U.S. industrial base and the way Americans drive." Those standards have also been adopted by a handful of states, including New York and Virginia, meaning a significant portion of the industry will already be adopting more stringent standards, industry officials noted.
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