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6/13/2025 12:46:33 AM

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Section 16: EV Issues
Subject: 3000 Mile Range? Msg# 1226653

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Tom Hemmick Forum Leader

Joined 7/21/2005

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Jim Matthews (Read)

Joined 6/10/2008

There were never any mandates. There were goals, there were targets...

WRONG

Seems your information is outdated. Originally under Biden, those started as "goals," (but called de facto mandates.) Then there were steps allowing California to adopt it own mandates, as exceptions to the EPA regulating tailpipe emissions. And then, finally, individual states were allowed to sign on to the California mandates. Maryland was among the 11 (or more) states that have signed on.

Now both the House and Senate have acted on three resolutions to revoke those Calif "mandates". And those three resolutions were finalized when Trump signed the resolutions.

You'll see some of that history in today's reports -- or can look it up. Your excerpts left out the provisions where a bunch of other states have signed onto those same mandates. Also now being dropped.

ALSO, Your cited links are a bit outdated. But there's plenty others actually dated today that folks can read, if interested.

Here's one: Trump signs resolutions repealing California’s EV mandate, which many other states had adopted Click Here

Here's a report where Maryland joined back in March:

Headline: Governor Moore Announces Maryland Adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars II Rule to Combat the Effects of Climate Change Click Here

Quotes from Md. March report: "New regulation requires manufacturers to continuously increase the share of electric vehicles sold, reaching 100% of passenger car and light truck sales by model year 2035 ..... Governor Wes Moore today announced Maryland’s adoption of the multi-state Advanced Clean Cars II rule, a major step in the state’s acceleration to improve air quality....... The Advanced Clean Cars II rule is a vehicle emissions standard first adopted by California using its unique authority under the federal Clean Air Act. Now that California has adopted the standards, other states can follow suit...."

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
The latest steps in Congress are favoring freedom of choice in vehicles. Today Trump held a signing ceremony for three Congressional resolutions revoking the mandates forcing EV cars and trucks onto the public in the future.

There were never any mandates. There were goals, there were targets, but nothing was codified into law that mandated gassers would go away. Maybe you meant incentives.

If you are going to use that word, the please reference where it was made law.

Edit: Ah...you were talking about California, not the United States:

Recent developments regarding electric vehicle (EV) mandates in the United States highlight a significant shift in policy direction under the Trump administration. On June 12, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions aimed at ending California's electric vehicle mandates and diesel engine restrictions.
These resolutions effectively revoke California's plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035, including a waiver issued by the Biden-era EPA that mandated at least 80% of vehicles be electric in California by 2035, as well as another resolution ending the Biden-era EPA's approval of a plan to increase the number of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks in California.

This move by President Trump is part of a broader effort to counter what he and his administration view as overly aggressive EV mandates. On January 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order promising to eliminate what he described as the "electric vehicle mandate" imposed under former President Joe Biden.
This executive order, titled "Unleashing American Energy," revokes a non-binding goal set by Biden that EVs make up half of new cars sold by 2030 and seeks to terminate a federal exemption that allows California to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035.

In addition to these actions, there have been legislative efforts to oppose the Biden administration's EV mandates. For instance, H.R. 2814/S. 711, known as the "Transportation Freedom Act," aims to repeal the EPA’s EV mandate that 56% of all new cars be EVs by 2032 and requires new fuel economy/greenhouse gas standards that are economically practicable and technologically feasible.
This legislation is supported by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and others who argue that the current EV policy will significantly hurt rural America and lower-income buyers who cannot afford or conveniently charge EVs.

Furthermore, on April 3, 2024, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced Congressional Review Act legislation with Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) to block the Biden administration’s electric vehicles mandate, which would require up to two-thirds of new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. to be electric vehicles (EVs) within eight years.

These actions and legislative efforts reflect a significant pushback against the Biden administration's approach to EV mandates, emphasizing concerns over consumer choice, affordability, and the readiness of the nation's infrastructure to support a rapid transition to electric vehicles.

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