"The executive order comes as part of a suite of new goals and mandates to cut climate-warming emissions from the auto sector"
"President Biden on Thursday unveiled a far-reaching, multipronged plan to make U.S. cars and light trucks more fuel-efficient and to begin a shift to electric vehicles over the coming decade. The move marks one of the administration’s most consequential pushes so far to combat climate change and tackle the nation’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
The suite of new goals and mandates, forged after months of talks with car manufacturers, autoworkers and environmental groups, is meant to transform the kind of vehicles Americans drive and to reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. The move comes with political risks for Biden, who has faced pressure from activists and industry representatives alike. But it represents a key part of his promise to try to slow rising global temperatures and propel the country toward a future in which the vehicles on roads and highways rely on little or no gasoline.
“Today, labor and industry, state and local leaders, are all working together to write the next chapter in the American story,” Biden said on the White House’s South Lawn. “We’re in competition with China and many other nations for the 21st century. To win, we’re going to have to make sure that the future will be made in America.”"
Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis report for the Washington Post August 5, 2021.
SEE ALSO:
"US Automakers Pledge Huge Increase In Electric Vehicles" (AP)
"U.S. EPA Shoots To Push Vehicle Fuel Efficiency to 52 mpg by 2026" (Reuters)
"Biden, in a Push to Phase Out Gas Cars, Tightens Pollution Rules" (New York Times)
"How Biden’s E.V. Plan Could Help Tesla and Squeeze Toyota" (New York Times)
"Biden Launches EV Push With Unions, Auto Industry" (E&E News)
