Posted on 02/07/2025 7:13:42 AM PST by NorthernDancer
January 2025 – including the first 10 days of Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States – likely marks the beginning of substantial changes in federal transportation law and regulation, including a number of potentially disruptive changes to regulation of the motor vehicle industry and related funding and incentives.
Republican control of the White House and both Houses of Congress, combined with a federal judiciary increasingly skeptical of expansive federal agency regulation, make this a ripe time for major changes in federal law and regulation, including regulation of transportation. President Trump and his supporters have expressed strong opposition to many transportation-related regulations and policies adopted by his predecessors. The new Administration has made clear its intention to move aggressively to reverse or eliminate many of those regulations, incentives, and policies.
President Trump initiated that process with a series of executive orders issued on his very first day in office. As detailed in this article, the new Administration also has an ambitious agenda of new policies and regulatory approaches that could have significant implications for transportation industries and the businesses and customers they serve – ie, most Americans.
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Bottom line: Most people do not want and will not buy an EV. They want the reliability, range and personal freedom accorded by car with an internal combustion engine. Also pity the virtue signaling elites who loved to be seen in Teslas. What are they ever to do with Musk now being such a villain to the left. Actually think Tesla sales will drop.
I’d rather have a horse instead of an EV.
How’s about a single cab light pick-up truck?!
Allow automakers to bring back the station wagon.
Get rid of mandates for things like tire pressure monitors.
I thought the Subaru Outback and Forester were station wagons. They just call them SUVs cause of a marketing gimmick. Of course I could be wrong.
This article covers all areas of transportation policy, including mass transit and the streamlining of regulations and cutting of funds thereto.
Here’s a novel idea.... stop making shiite vehicles with tons of electronics. You simply can’t replace a battery on some vehicles without the use of a scantool.
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