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Trump campaign responds in force after Biden cracks

down on gas cars, vows 'Day One' reversal
Trump called Biden's EV policy 'anti-jobs, anti-consumer and anti-American'
By Thomas Catenacci Fox News

Published March 20, 2024 3:47pm EDT

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FIRST ON FOX: Former President Trump's campaign heavily criticized the Biden
administration's newly finalized regulations targeting gas-powered cars Wednesday,
vowing to overturn the action.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Trump campaign said the climate regulations –
unveiled by the White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday –
would force Americans to buy expensive electric vehicles (EV) and reduce consumer
choice. The campaign further vowed that Trump would immediately strike down the
regulations if he bests President Biden in their election rematch later this year.

"Joe Biden's extreme electric vehicle mandate will force Americans to buy ultra-expensive
cars they do not want and cannot afford while destroying the U.S. auto industry in the
process," Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital
in a statement. "This radical policy is anti-jobs, anti-consumer and anti-American."

"Itwill destroy the livelihoods of countless U.S. autoworkers while sending the U.S. auto
industry to China. President Trump will reverse Joe Biden's extreme electric vehicle
mandate on Day One."

VULNERABLE HOUSE DEM BUCKS PARTY ORTHODOXY, BLASTING HIS STATE'S

PROPOSED EV MANDATE

Former President Trump said he would immediately overturn President Biden's tailpipe emissions rules designed to push
electric vehicles, his campaign said Wednesday. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

The statement comes months after Trump took aim at the Biden administration's climate
agenda over its impact on blue-collar rank-and-file autoworkers . During the United Auto
Workers strike last year, the former president said the best interests of American workers
were his "number one concern," and that a forced EV transition would destroy the U.S. auto
industry.

VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS UPHOLD STATE'S EV MANDATE DESPITE GROWING

OPPOSITION: 'DEFY COMMON SENSE'

Meanwhile, under the regulations unveiled Wednesday, the federal government will
enforce the most stringent tailpipe emissions restrictions ever finalized beginning with
model year 2027 light-duty and medium-duty vehicles. Those regulations are slated to
progressively ramp up through 2032, forcing most new car purchases to be battery
electric and plug-in hybrid within that time frame.

In one "low cost" model EPA outlined in the rule, administration officials said automakers
would be forced to ensure 56% of light-duty car sales are battery electric and another 13%
are hybrid by 2032, meaning nearly 70% of new cars would be zero-emissions or low-
by then.

President Biden said the regulations ensure the U.S. meets his goal of 50% of new car sales being electric by 2030.
(Stephen Maturen/Getty Images | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Three years ago, I set an ambitious target: that half of all new cars and trucks sold in
2030 would be zero-emission," Biden said in a statement after the regulations were posted
Wednesday.

"Ibrought together American automakers. I brought together American autoworkers," he

said. "Together, we’ve made historic progress. Hundreds of new expanded factories
across the country. Hundreds of billions in private investment and thousands of good-
union jobs. And we’ll meet my goal for 2030 and race forward in the years ahead."

130+ HOUSE, SENATE REPUBLICANS JOIN FORCES IN OPPOSITION OF BIDEN'S

UPCOMING EV MANDATE

The EPA regulations, though, were immediately blasted by the energy industry, farm
groups, consumer advocates and Republican lawmakers who vowed to pursue legislation
aimed at overturning the rules.

Hummer EVs are seen on the production line at the General Motors "Factory Zero" electric vehicle assembly plant, in
Detroit. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo)

According to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, an association that represents major
automakers, 9.3% of total car purchases in the U.S. last year were electric or plug-in
hybrids – up from 7% in 2022. That uptick was driven largely by purchases in California
and urban areas where the majority of EV purchases are made.

At the same time, EVs remain far more expensive than traditional, gas-powered cars. Even
factoring in generous federal and state subsidies, the average cost of an EV is about
$52,500, while the average subcompact car costs $24,000.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted
by Fox News Digital.

Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

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