It’s a shame that the People’s Republik Of California’s EV mandate won’t just be about the PRC: every experiment needs an experimental group, plus, it’s always fun watching people who voted for leftist government dictates get hit with leftist government dictates
Report: Senate Republicans Look to Axe California EV Mandate
Senate Republicans are looking to scrap a Biden-era rule that essentially allows Democrat-run California to impose an electric vehicle (EV) mandate across the United States.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) proposed a resolution on Friday that would repeal California’s “Advanced Clean Cars II,” which Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed off on weeks before Trump’s second term, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. The rule would ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles in California and 11 other states by 2035.
Capito proposed the resolution despite the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stating in March that the EPA waiver was not subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Capito, who is chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, is arguing that the California EV waivers are rules that can be repealed under the CRA, according to the report.
“By submitting these waivers, the Trump EPA is complying with the law and giving Congress the opportunity to reject California’s effort to impose its EV mandate on all Americans,” Senate Environment and Public Works Republicans posted to X on Feb. 14.
Opponents of California’s EV mandate “are optimistic” that Senate Republicans will secure a full repeal, despite uncertainty over procedural hurdles, the report states.
I wonder if the EPA under Trump could rescind the approval?
California’s EV mandate is set to go into effect for model year 2026 and would phase out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The eleven states who have planned to implement the standard, as allowed by the Biden EPA waiver, are: Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Vermont, as well as Washington, D.C.
The thing is, those states are in a pact with the PRC to follow the PRC’s lead. But, do consumers really want this? Not too mention that there isn’t infrastructure or the energy production for this. Not that the Elites in those states care. Even though most do not drive EVs themselves. Oh, and that the PRC mandate was imposed by the California Air Resource Board, not the PRC legislature.
Oh, and this is fun, from the enviro-weenies
On one hand, I hate when people clear cut propery.
On the other hand, they own it. If Government can dictate what you do with it to this degree, who actually owns it? https://t.co/qqqLfpBLRT
— William Teach2 ??????? I Don't Really Care (@WTeach2) April 7, 2025
Best comment at the story: “Apparently it’s not private property but it’s rental property from the environmentalist and city however you pay all the taxes and required to maintain the property the way they want you to. I would sell and leave!”
If that’s really the way it’s structured, then a pact between states requires approval from Congress. That approval can be revoked.