Opinion: Biden’s EPA is giving China the win with emissions mandates

May 8, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced new regulations governing tailpipe emissions for cars, SUVs and pickup trucks. The emissions cuts are so significant that automakers will be able to satisfy these rules only by selling more electric vehicles. By 2032, two-thirds of the new cars sold in the U.S. will be “zero-emissions vehicles” — that is, all-electric vehicles.