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Just further stupidity from this dreadful administration that is hellbent on wrecking every aspect of American life.
Just another push for more EVs which put us further into the hands of the ChiComms as they produce the batteries. And mining for the minerals needed for EVs is highly polluting, and in the Congo where they mine for cobalt child labor is part of the process.
President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed a new set of ambitious fuel efficiency regulations, reversing a rule set by former President Donald Trump and setting the stage to put more electric cars on the road.
The new EPA regulations require all new cars and light-duty vehicles to achieve an average fuel efficiency standard of 40 miles per gallon. This is a slight increase from the 38 miles per gallon standard the EPA suggested in its original proposal and an increase of 8 miles per gallon from the rule imposed by former President Trump’s EPA in 2020.
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The EPA also makes clear that the standards are meant to increase the number of electric cars on the road in the coming years. “EPA’s analysis shows manufacturers can comply with the final standards with modest increases in the numbers of electric vehicles entering the fleet. By MY 2026, EPA projects that the final standards can be met with sales of about 17 percent electric vehicles (EVs), and wider uptake of advanced gasoline engine and vehicle technologies available today,” the press release said.
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Just another push for more EVs which put us further into the hands of the ChiComms as they produce the batteries. And mining for the minerals needed for EVs is highly polluting, and in the Congo where they mine for cobalt child labor is part of the process.
President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed a new set of ambitious fuel efficiency regulations, reversing a rule set by former President Donald Trump and setting the stage to put more electric cars on the road.
The new EPA regulations require all new cars and light-duty vehicles to achieve an average fuel efficiency standard of 40 miles per gallon. This is a slight increase from the 38 miles per gallon standard the EPA suggested in its original proposal and an increase of 8 miles per gallon from the rule imposed by former President Trump’s EPA in 2020.
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The EPA also makes clear that the standards are meant to increase the number of electric cars on the road in the coming years. “EPA’s analysis shows manufacturers can comply with the final standards with modest increases in the numbers of electric vehicles entering the fleet. By MY 2026, EPA projects that the final standards can be met with sales of about 17 percent electric vehicles (EVs), and wider uptake of advanced gasoline engine and vehicle technologies available today,” the press release said.
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