Car Dealers Press Biden to Ease US Electric Vehicle Mandates (1)

A group of US auto dealers is calling on the Biden administration to pull back on federal regulations that will mandate that two out of every three vehicles sold in the US in 2032 will be battery electric.

Calling themselves EV Voice of the Customer, a group of almost 3,900 dealerships signed a letter to President Joe Biden released Tuesday that said most US car buyers are not now interested in buying battery electric vehicles — even with government incentives — and the US should not force them to do so.

“The reality,” the letter said, “is that electric vehicle ...