Automotive Lobby: EPA’s Vehicle Emission Standards ‘Neither Reasonable Nor Achievable’

July 05, 2023

The group stresses that it supports the government’s ultimate goal of electrification, but the method of achieving that goal should be realistic.

by Joe Lancaster Reason.com

In April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule intended to significantly curtail carbon emissions. If adopted, it would require that electric vehicles (E.V.s) make up 60 percent of all new vehicles sold by 2030—and 67 percent by 2032. It was a significant escalation from the Biden administration’s previous goal of 50 percent E.V.s by 2030.

The nation’s “Big Three” automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis—agreed to the latter goal when it was first floated in August 2021. Now, the auto industry’s largest lobbying organization has gone on record opposing the more aggressive plan.

As part of the rule-making process, the EPA solicited comments on its proposal. One response came from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI), a trade organization that represents the Big Three automakers as well as Honda, Nissan, Toyota, and others.