Posted on 05/15/2024 8:59:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
President Joe Biden suggested Tuesday it is false that his administration is restricting consumer choice in the automobile market, but his administration recently finalized a rule that will force electric vehicles (EVs) to make up a much larger share of overall auto sales over the next decade.
Biden made the remark during a Tuesday speech about his administration’s decision to significantly bolster tariffs against Chinese products including steel, semiconductor chips and EV batteries. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule in March that requires manufacturers to make EVs constitute between 35% and 56% of new cars sold in 2032, according to CNN.
“Americans, I want to make this clear, notwithstanding what the other guy is saying, can buy any kind of car they want, whether it’s gas, electric or hybrid,” Biden said, referencing former President Donald Trump. “But we’re never going to allow China to unfairly control the market for these cars, period.”
Trump has slammed the Biden administration’s EV push, including from a New York City courthouse on Tuesday. Trump has also suggested that the EV agenda will hurt blue-collar auto workers and consumers while providing opportunities for Chinese companies to capitalize on the U.S. market.
While Americans will be able to buy gas-powered cars in the 2030s, the EPA’s final tailpipe emissions rule and a proposed update to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) fuel economy standards would drastically reshape the auto market to favor EVs over gas-powered models. These regulations, as well as subsidies that the Biden administration has pushed to facilitate the EV transition, will also likely increase the costs of new and used gas-powered vehicles, making those models less accessible to consumers, auto market experts and economists previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Critics of the Biden administration’s EV agenda have characterized the EPA rule as an “EV mandate” because of these economic impacts, and also because relevant policies are projecting huge increases in EV adoption relative to the 6.5% of all new sales that were EVs in February 2024, according to Edmunds.
Land of the free.
About the only the only thing you are free to do in America is be some kind of sexual pervert or freak.
Did he say “C’mon, Man!”? That’s a big tell for him.
“Biden Says That Americans Can Buy Any Car They Want.”
Well Gee- that’s mighty nice of you sir! Just think- I get to buy something i want? I’m all a thither with jubilation! Whoda thunk we could freely choose something in a free nation? /s
“They don’t mean any car YOU want; they mean any car THEY want.”
I will add this usage to my list of weasel words learned during the weasel word championship Clinton era
If you like your ICE vehicle, you can keep your ICE vehicle… in the driveway......................
When your choices are restricted, or not available at all...
do as the Cubans...
meaning...
keep your ICE car as long as you can...
and repair that vehicle forever, or as needed.
The Cubans had no American cars available for purchase or use, once Castro took over, and the Cubans kept their old jalopies working, with as many repairs as possible.
EVs can’t be repaired inexpensively, so, keeping them around does not make sense. ICE vehicle repairs will be expensive in the future, but still cheaper than repairing EVs.
Thanks Joe.
The #1 automobile worldwide that still is on the roads happens to be the 1970’s era Chevrolet Impala.
Why should I be forced to buy anything? My trucks and autos still run good and have been paid for for years. I owe nothing and the autos still low mileage.
“you can get a model T in any color you want...as long as it’s black” Henry Ford
Exactly...............
Had a Honda atv that got stuck in two gears. The shop refused to even split the case stating that it was too old and parts weren’t available.
Chy-nah can buy any POTUS they want.
You can buy any car you want.
2020 was the most secure election ever.
Peaceful protestors on the right are insurrectionists.
Rioters, looters and arsonists on the left are peaceful protestors.
If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance.
Men are women and women are men.
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
George Orwell just got the year wrong.
I want a car with no anti-lock brakes, no TPMS, no air bags, no power windows, no power locks, a standard transmission, one computer to run engine management with simple circuits for the rest of the electrics, and no backup camera/stupid “connected” screen in the middle of my dash.
I am in the market for a 1970s diesel pickup truck with no electronics that I can convert to running on vegetable oil when the liberals either make it illegal for consumers to buy gasoline or add a $20 per gallon tax on it.
You can buy restored Toyota Landcruisers and Jeeps from the 1970s and 1980s in the $25-35K range. With all the LACK of features you described.
Except, I do not believe they had a computer.
The other thing those early 4WD vehicles had were lock out hubs on the front. So, that your front tires did not wear as fast.
Of course, most of those rigs only got 8-10/mpg fuel economy.
You can have any color you want as long as it’s black.
If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.
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