I am former Director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a position that culminated a 32-year career with the EPA. During my 18-year tenure as Director of OTAQ, I was the chief architect of the most important achievements in the history of air pollution control in the U.S.
is visiting the auto show to highlight electric vehicle manufacturing. : Los Angeles and New York blanketed in thick gray smog. The Cuyahoga River on fire in Cleveland. Trash incinerators choking residents in Birmingham and New Orleans. But in December 1970, Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean our air and water, with one mandate: Improve the health of American citizens by protecting them from the negative impacts of pollution.
The overall benefits of EPA’s new rules will amount to $2.1 trillion when the program is fully implemented by 2055. Consumers will save $1 trillion by using less oil and gas, which translates into savings at the pump. However, automakers will likely rely heavily on EVs to meet these goals, because they will be the most cost-effective solution, both for consumers and manufacturers. Leasing an electric vehicle is already thethan gas-powered vehicles. EPA’s cost-effective scenario modeling projects that industry will meet the standards with 56% of their sales being battery electric vehicles in 2032.
Outside of the U.S., EVs will be essential to domestic auto companies’ international competitiveness and financial health. The rapid transition to EVs is underway globally with nearlyin sales in 2023. Although the U.S. is currently behind China and Europe in the transition to electrification, EPA’s new clean car rules will help accelerate innovation among domestic manufacturers. And these new rules have an important partner – the billions in investment catalyzed by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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