The change to planned rules was an election-year concession to labor unions and auto executives, according to people familiar with the plan.

Instead of essentially requiring automakers to rapidly ramp up sales of electric vehicles over the next few years, the administration would give car manufacturers more time, with a sharp increase in sales not required until after 2030

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Ali Zaidi, Mr. Biden’s senior climate adviser, declined to discuss the details of the final regulation. But he said in an interview that Mr. Biden’s climate policies, combined with record federal investment in renewable energy, would still help to reach the president’s goal of cutting the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

    • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
      271·
      9 months ago

      Remember when they talked about doing it 25 years ago and it was ‘by 2025’? Kick the can seems to still be our legislators’ favorite game.

      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
        15·
        9 months ago

        If Gore was president in 2000, the above might have been true.

        GOP fuckery in Florida and a GOP supreme court made sure it wasent.

      • LocoOhNo@lemmus.orgEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        They know they’ll be dead from old age before it affects them. Plus, the dirty money checks keep clearing, so they have no incentive.

      • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
        61·
        9 months ago

        If we had today’s battery technology 25 years ago and anything close to the charging infrastructure we have today (which is still grossly inadequate) The conversation might be different.  But, yes, we really should’ve gotten started a lot earlier.