Governors Unite on Clean Cars as Congress Rolls Back Rules (1)

Eleven governors formed a new coalition to promote cleaner cars after Congress voted to rescind California’s state-led vehicle emissions standards and the Biden administration’s electric vehicle tax credits.

The Affordable Clean Cars Coalition announced Friday seeks to make low- and zero-emission vehicles cheaper and more accessible, defend states’ authority to adopt stricter vehicle standards than the federal government, and boost America’s competitiveness in the global electric vehicle market, according to a US Climate Alliance press release.

Participating states, including California, New York, and Colorado, are all adopters of California’s stricter vehicle emissions standards and ...