The Biden administration announced Wednesday the strictest restrictions on auto emissions ever, in an ambitious and fraught bid to advance the president’s climate agenda by forcing U.S. car companies to rapidly accelerate the transition to electric vehicles.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Biden to remake U.S. auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever
Proposed rules could lead to 67 percent of all car and truck sales being EVs by 2032, EPA says, but some automakers are wary of the timeline
By Timothy Puko
Updated April 12, 2023 at 4:59 p.m. EDT|Published April 12, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT