is proposing such stringent emissions-slashing for light- and medium-duty vehicles that it would force automakers’ sales to be 60% electric by 2030 and 67% EV by 2032 — a “de facto ban” on internal combustion engines, the American Petroleum Institute said in comments submitted to the“We support technology-neutral federal policies that drive greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the transportation sector, but this proposal seriously misses the mark,” API President and CEOsaid.
The Clean Air Act proposal is part of President Biden’s agenda to combat climate change and has been met with skepticism about its feasibility from automakers, industry analysts and congressional Republicans.The criticism comes after the U.S. auto industry’s top trade group, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, last week said that the proposal was “out of whack” and “neither reasonable nor achievable in the timeframe provided.