Automakers tell regulators that Biden-era emission targets for 2027–2032 are impossible to reach

Automakers across America are asking the Trump administration to roll back tough pollution rules that force them to make more electric cars, saying the targets set by the previous president are impossible to ￰0￱ Alliance for Automotive Innovation filed papers on Monday telling regulators that emission standards for cars made between 2027 and 2032 “are simply not achievable.” The group speaks for almost every big car company in the country, including General Motors Co., Toyota Motor Corp., and Volkswagen ￰1￱ automakers say the rules put in place under President Joe Biden were based on wrong guesses about how fast people would start buying electric ￰2￱ point to slow sales, not enough charging stations, and high prices as major problems.

“Growth in consumer demand for EVs has stalled, and changes in government policy are expected to further depress EV market potential,” the Alliance said in their ￰3￱ pushback comes as the US Environmental Protection Agency thinks about getting rid of a key legal ￰4￱ rule says that gases from cars and other sources hurt public ￰5￱ this rule, the federal government would lose its main legal reason for making strict pollution limits, including those for ￰6￱ Donald Trump has been cutting support for electric vehicles since taking ￰7￱ this year, Trump signed a law that stopped California from making its own rules about car ￰8￱ big tax and spending bill also ends the $7,500 tax break that people get when they buy new electric ￰9￱ tax credit goes away on ￰10￱ who want cleaner air have criticized Trump for going after car pollution ￰11￱ are one of the biggest sources of gases that warm the ￰12￱ EPA said under Biden that the rules car companies now want to change would cut carbon dioxide by about 7 billion metric tons over the program’s lifetime.

That’s more than the whole United States puts out in one ￰13￱ rules would also save drivers about $6,000 on average in gas and repair ￰14￱ face tough decisions Automakers have dealt with big changes in environmental rules every time a new president comes ￰15￱ changes affect billions of dollars in business ￰16￱ Alliance wants the EPA to replace the current rules with standards that automakers can actually meet. meanwhile, people are rushing to buy electric vehicles before the federal tax credits disappear next ￰17￱ tax breaks – $7,500 for new cars and $4,000 for used ones – started in 2022 under the Inflation Reduction Act. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is ending these credits along with other clean energy tax breaks over the next few ￰18￱ one week left before the tax credits end, customers are crowding into car lots to get the ￰19￱ vehicle sales hit a record high in ￰20￱ electric vehicle sales went up 17.7% compared to the same time last ￰21￱ electric car sales jumped 59% in the same period, according to Cox Automotive.

“As we approach the sunset of the IRA tax credit, we expect September to mirror August’s elevated sales activity, driven by time-sensitive purchase and lease offers,” Cox Automotive ￰22￱ Commerce, which owns Cars. com, found similar ￰23￱ data shows a 33% jump in demand for electric vehicles since last year as shoppers hurry to use the tax ￰24￱ company also found that used electric vehicles stay on dealer lots for 46 days on average, almost 30% less than last ￰25￱ shows more people want used electric ￰26￱ dealers want to clear out their electric vehicle stock before new models arrive in November. They’re offering their own deals, including monthly lease payments as low as 1% of the car’s full ￰27￱ you're reading this, you’re already ￰28￱ there with our newsletter .