Newsom Won’t Make New EV Drivers With Mandates: Erika D. Smith

Jan. 8, 2025, 12:30 PM UTC

President-elect Donald Trump has no love for electric vehicles. If there were any doubts about how that might shake out in terms of policy once Republicans return to power this month, House Speaker Mike Johnson put them to rest last week on Capitol Hill. “We’re going to save the jobs of our auto manufacturers,” he said, ticking off priorities for the 119th Congress. “And we’re going to do that by ending the ridiculous EV mandates.”

Johnson was referring to the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to let California phase out sales of new gas-powered cars and trucks by 2035, allowing ...

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