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Trump Signs Executive Order To Reverse Biden EV Policies

We’ve known for some time now that newly-minted U.S. President Donald Trump planned to reverse many of outgoing President Joe Biden’s policies after taking office yesterday – including some pertaining to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, as well as stricter emissions and fuel economy standards that aimed to speed up the transition to EVs. Now, that process has officially begun, as one of several executive orders signed by Trump has reversed a handful of Biden’s EV policies.

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Firstly, Trump’s executive order nullifies another executive order issued by Biden in 2021 that sought to ensure that half of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. were all-electric by 2030, and it also puts a halt to distributing unspent funds from vehicle charging stations. Trump also called for ending a waiver that allows states to adopt stricter emissions rules that California has led the charge on and have since been adopted by 11 other states, which aim to transition to a 100 percent zero-emissions sales mix by 2035. Trump is also considering ending existing federal clean energy tax credits, though no final decision has been made as of this writing.

Additionally, Trump intends to order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider rules mandating stricter federal emissions laws that current require automakers to achieve a 30-56 percent EV sales mix by 2032. In the executive order, Trump stated that the EPA should terminate “where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles,” adding that he’s seeking “the elimination of unfair subsidies and other ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions that favor EVs over other technologies and effectively mandate their purchase.”

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During his time in office, Biden launched a $2.3 trillion-dollar infrastructure plan with $174 billion earmarked for EVs and clean energy – $100 billion of which was reserved for clean energy conservation rebates, $15 billion toward building 500,000 new EV charging stations, along with $20 billion for electric school buses, $25 billion for zero-emission transit vehicles, and $14 billion in other tax incentives.

Brett's lost track of all the Fords he's owned over the years and how much he's spent modifying them, but his current money pits include an S550 Mustang and 13th gen F-150.

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  1. I agree with the fact that its unrealistic to set hard and fast goals for new technologies, because as always, if their success is based upon consumers, or even businesses for that matter as they will adopt new technologies when the cost benefit and other issues align and make sense. On the other hand, new technologies do need help to gain a foot hold and provide a long enough time line for adoption. This is what China does very well, and why they’ve become the economic juggernaut that they have. Eliminating emissions controls won’t affect anything as manufacturers are already underway adopting to them, as they are working at least four years out as part of their development process.

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    1. Well stated Mark. Your input is informative and comes from a place of industry knowledge and understanding. That’s rare and appreciated on this site.

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    2. “new technologies do need help to gain a foot hold and provide a long enough time line for adoption.”

      I don’t recall the iPhone needing this, or NVIDEA chips, or most any other consumer or industrial good. As you stated, if there are discernible benefits, consumers and business will buy the technology and investors will invest in the infrastructure.

      I mean, would you want to rely on the charger network built by Musk/Tesla or the charging network built by the DOT – all six stations… 🤦🏼‍♂️

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  2. Trump does not buy cars or drive, so he ignores the common car buyers. The rest of the world is going electric, but he has to stop the onslaughter of EVs killing gas cars since the oil magnates paid millions for his reelection campaign. And Musk also wants to kill EV competition.

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    1. The rest of the world isn’t going electric at all. Only a handful of countries. Most of the world doesn’t have the infrastructure to support it.

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    2. EV should be a choice not a mandate. This is why we all voted for Freedom and booted the Mandate people.

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  3. Why does everything start with a B and end with illion in Biden’s world. Has anyone looked at the National Debt figures lately? I have a brand new Hybrid that has, as of now, spent more time back at the Dealership than in my driveway. Someone had it right when they told me that vehicle consumers are guinea pigs right now.

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