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What’s interesting is that hyper Warmist Coral Davenport failed to ask Biden and those passing these rules if they’re driving EVs themselves

What to Know About the Clean Auto Rule: It’s Not a Ban on Gas Cars

The Biden administration’s new regulation limiting tailpipe emissions from cars and light trucks would transform the U.S. automobile market, charting a course away from the internal combustion engine and toward a future of electric cars and hybrids.

Here’s what to know about the measure.

It’s a big deal in the fight against climate change

It’s a big deal in fighting a scam, as pushed by Elitists who won’t practice what they force on everyone else

In terms of lowering the emissions that are heating the planet, this regulation does more than any other climate rule issued by the federal government and more than any measure planned in the remainder of President Joe Biden’s first term.

It’s also weird that Coral forgets to give the actual details of the rule

The rule is not a ban on gasoline-powered vehicles

The rule does not mandate sales of electric vehicles, and consumers can still buy and drive gas-powered cars. Rather, it requires carmakers to meet tough new average emissions limits across their entire product lines; it’s up to manufacturers to decide how to meet those limits.

Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency can limit the pollution generated by the total number of cars each year. EPA officials said that, as long as automakers comply with the emissions rules, they can sell a mix of gasoline-burning cars, hybrids, EVs or other types of vehicles, such as cars powered by hydrogen.

But, the rules themselves will force auto makers to do away with most of their fossil fueled vehicle lines, even standard hybrids, and push EVs. So, it is, in fact, a stealth mandate to make EVs. And the carmakers will, in fact, pass the costs on to consumers

It penalizes carmakers, not consumers, for noncompliance

Starting in model year 2027, when the rule takes effect, car companies will report to the EPA the average emissions associated with all the passenger vehicles they sell. The emissions limits will start modestly and ramp up slowly in the early years of the program, rising sharply after 2030. Companies that don’t meet the emissions limits would have to pay fines that could reach into the billions of dollars.

Which means all vehicles will get more expensive. All while Joe travels in a massive, low MPG limo, surrounded by dozens of fossil fueled chase vehicles.

Whether U.S. roadways fill with nonpolluting vehicles hinges on a central question: Will motorists buy them? Early adopters flocked to EVs, but sales have cooled and carmakers are concerned they need more time to develop the market. That’s one reason the EPA pushed back the most stringent emissions requirements for auto sales until after 2030, so that manufacturers could improve designs and develop more affordable models, and for charging infrastructure to be built.

And what if consumers do not want this? Is there any consideration of We The People? Or, are the bureaucrats in Washington simply Fascists?