Opposition to new Environmental Protection Agency tailpipe regulations is growing after the federal agency projected the regulation would put more than half of American drivers out of gas cars and into electric vehicles.
As The Center Square previously reported, the EPA has projected that the proposed changes would mean that fully electric vehicles make up two thirds of all new "Light duty" and 46% of new medium-duty vehicle sales by 2032.
A group of 151 House Republicans rallied together to oppose the newly proposed rule, sending a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan Monday calling the rules "Unworkable and impractical." "The proposals are the latest effort by the Biden administration to commandeer America's transportation sector and force its complete vehicle electrification under the guise of mitigating climate change," the letter said.
The EPA vehicles included in the 2032 projection are "Passenger cars and light trucks: minivans, passenger vans, pickup trucks, and sport-utility vehicles." The EPA defines heavy duty vehicles as "Heavy trucks and buses: large pick-ups, delivery trucks, recreational vehicles, and semi trucks." Critics have blasted the proposed changes, saying it is part of a larger Biden administration effort to undermine American energy production.
"EVs are $10,000-25,000 more expensive than comparable internal combustion engine vehicles, placing them out of reach for many consumers including those in rural America where median incomes are lower than that of urban areas," he said.
"Banning them will not make EVs better, it will just make Americans less free. I haven't seen Biden or any cabinet member drive around DC in an EV. Maybe they should lead by example rather than force Americans to obey regulations they conveniently ignore." Roe also cast doubt during the hearing on the environmental purity of electric vehicles.
"The EPA defines EVs as zero-emission vehicles. However, EVs are not truly zero-emission vehicles," Roe said.
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