Tailpipe pollution rules overview:
- Who: The Biden administration and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule for new tailpipe rules for passenger cars and vehicles.
- Why: The restrictions will lead to electric or hybrid as the majority of vehicles sold in the United States by 2032.
- Where: The tailpipe rules will affect drivers nationwide.
New tailpipe rules mean the majority of vehicles sold in the United States will be electric or hybrid by 2032.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Biden administration announced a final rule to gradually enact tailpipe pollution restrictions and push automakers toward electric and hybrid vehicles.
Auto dealers sold a record 1.2 million electric vehicles last year, making up 7.6% of U.S. auto sales, according to Kelley Blue Book. That’s up from 5.6% in 2022 but well short of the 56% target under the new regulation, The New York Times reports.
“Three years ago, I set an ambitious target: that half of all new cars and trucks sold in 2030 would be zero-emission,” President Joe Biden says in a statement, according to the Times. “Together, we’ve made historic progress. Hundreds of new expanded factories across the country. Hundreds of billions in private investment and thousands of good-paying union jobs. And we’ll meet my goal for 2030 and race forward in the years ahead.”
Rules mean more than half of vehicles sold in U.S. will be zero-emission by 2032
The EPA and administration will phase in the tailpipe pollution rules slower than initially proposed after pushback from automakers and labor unions, CNN reports.
The rules will also result in more than half of the new cars sold in the United States being zero-emissions vehicles by 2032, according to the New York Times.
The tailpipe rules will reduce 7 billion tons of carbon emissions and provide $13 billion in annual public health benefits along with $62 billion in reduced annual fuel costs, according to the EPA.
“With transportation as the largest source of U.S. climate emissions, these strongest-ever pollution standards for cars solidify America’s leadership in building a clean transportation future and creating good-paying American jobs, all while advancing President Biden’s historic climate agenda,” EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan says in a statement.
In November 2023, the Biden administration announced it would provide more than $192 million in funding for conservation efforts to restore land and water and invest in water resources and ecosystem health.
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32 thoughts onBiden admin issues tailpipe pollution rules meant to phase out gas cars
Honestly I cannot afford the electric car and i was very upset with him so please add me
How is it, that people are allowing this to happen? He is not a king. And EPA is not our friend(or most of the worthless departments of government). If you don’t see what is happening here…please DO NOT VOTE.
Shameful. Biden shouldn’t be in office. But look at the alternative .
Electric cars are so bad that many car dealerships won’t take them in trade. So we have that little problem, among all the disfunctions these cars present. If we don’t put our foot down, now, it will be too late.
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What about people that cannot afford to purchase electric or Hybrid cars, then what?
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