Biden Admin Announces ‘Most Aggressive’ Crackdown on Gas Vehicles
Biden Admin Announces ‘Most Aggressive’ Crackdown on Gas Vehicles Listen to this article 0:00 / 5:20 BeyondWords CV NEWS FEED // The Biden administration Wednesday announced it has finalized plans to impose several stringent regulations on gas-powered vehicles in a move critics have long warned would amount to an “electric vehicle (EV) mandate.” In a statement , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) called the regulations the “strongest-ever pollution standards for cars.” The EPA clarified that it is “finalizing” the standards for “passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 through 2032 and beyond.” “These standards will avoid more than 7 billion tons of carbon emissions and provide nearly $100 billion of annual net benefits to society,” the EPA’s statement claimed. “The final standards deliver on the significant pollution reductions outlined in the proposed rule, while accelerating the adoptio