Energy industry, GOP lawmakers vow to overturn Joe Biden's EV mandate

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Opponents of President Biden's electric vehicle mandate that would phase out two-thirds of new gas-powered cars by 2032 pledged Wednesday to repeal the new regulation.

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant, Nov. 17, 2021, in Detroit. The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits in …’s electric vehicle mandate that would phase out two-thirds of new gas-powered cars by 2032 pledged Wednesday to repeal the new regulation.

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a tailpipe emission rule that will force new-vehicle sales from automakers to be 67% EV by 2032. Two major energy lobbying groups — the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute — threatened legal action. In a joint statement, the associations said that short of Congress “overturning this deeply-flawed regulation,” their “organizations are certainly prepared to challenge it in court.”

Congressional Republicans, led by Sens. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska and Dan Sullivan of Alaska, said they will file legislation to repeal the regulation under what’s known as the Congressional Review Act, which will force a vote despite Democratic control of the Senate.

 

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