Posted on 12/04/2023 2:34:38 AM PST by Libloather
FIRST ON FOX: The House is expected to hold a floor vote this week on legislation that would strike down pending federal regulations targeting gas-powered vehicles and prohibit any future electric vehicle (EV) mandate.
The Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act – introduced over the summer by Reps. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. – will be considered by the House Rules Committee on Monday before officially receiving a floor vote as soon as Tuesday. If the bill is passed, it would then be voted on by the Senate, where Republicans and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin recently introduced companion legislation.
"The House must pass the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act to block a radical and unattainable federal EV mandate that will cripple our auto industry and forever make our supply chain reliant on China," Walberg told Fox News Digital on Monday. "The American auto industry is at its best when they are free to innovate and listen to the will of consumers, and not constrained by bureaucracy."
"If this mandate goes into effect, many American families will be priced out of the market, and we will cede leadership of this industry to China," he continued. "Instead, we must prioritize affordability, innovation and freedom for each family to decide what car is best for them."
Walberg and Clyde, along with more than a dozen other House Republicans, introduced the legislation months after the EPA proposed its most aggressive tailpipe emissions ever. If the rule is finalized, a staggering 67% of new sedan, crossover, SUV and light truck; up to 50% of bus and garbage truck; 35% of short-haul freight tractor; and 25% of long-haul freight tractor purchases could be electric by 2032, the White House projected.
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“It’s hard to imagine a garbage truck-EV package existing. I doubt if the battery power would last more than 2 hours before a 3-hour recharge. Will the union of garbage guys just allocate a 3-hour pause in the middle of their pick-up schedule?”
Getting paid to sit around and do nothing? Featherbedding is an old union tradition.
New gas Pickup trucks are $100,000 now to help pay for the electric vehicles most people are not buying.
Why We Can’t Have Small Trucks Anymore - Blame the EPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azI3nqrHEXM
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