Senate Republicans want EPA to drop plan to cut emissions, boost EVs

Earlier this week, a group of 151 House Republicans, led by Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, also asked the EPA rescind the agency’s proposed emissions standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty trucks.

The House Republicans called the rules the “latest attempt to carry out President Biden’s radical rush-to-green agenda, which will take away Americans’ choice when it comes to the kind of vehicle they drive—and arm-twist people into buying vehicles they can’t afford.”

Earlier this week, California asked the Biden administration to approve its plan to require all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, a landmark move that could speed the end of gasoline-powered vehicles. The Biden administration has not endorsed setting a date to end the sale of gas-powered vehicles.

A parallel proposal from NHTSA to boost fuel economy standards beyond 2026 was submitted to the White House for review last week.