President Biden’s EPA recently finalized a regulation that will, in practice, ban most new gas cars and trucks by 2032. The end game is to force American drivers into electric vehicles by taking away most non-plug-in vehicle options. This policy is unlawful and un-American. It’s bad for consumers, our economy and national security.
We say this regulation is the same as a ban because that’s the effect it’s going to have on people’s lives. To comply, automakers will have to abandon the production of most traditional internal combustion engine vehicles in less than eight years, leaving consumers with vastly restricted access to new gas cars and trucks they can afford.
Sen. Bob Casey will have an opportunity to overturn this regulation and protect consumer freedoms in an upcoming Congressional Review Act vote. With 61% of Pennsylvania residents clearly opposed to gas car bans and EV mandates, the choice should be obvious.
Chet Thompson
Washington, D.C.
The writer is president and CEO of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers.