’s recently finalized vehicle regulations seems fixated on whether the policy constitutes a “ban” on future sales of new gas-poweredThe decision to label our ad “false” was based on the writer’s view that the Biden administration’s rule “wouldHowever, the very next sentence from Politifact acknowledges exactly what our ads explain: “The regulation would likely greatly diminish the production of new gas-powered vehicles starting in 2027.
The EPA’s standards for fleetwide vehicle emissions are not tech-neutral — not by a long shot. If the 85 grams per mile emissions standard that EPA finalized for 2032 were applied across today’s new vehicles, not a singlewould meet the standard.
If the adoption of a government rule requires companies to make far less of a product than consumers want, most people using common sense would agree the policy constitutes a ban. It is not a total ban, unlike California’s 2035 policy, which the Biden EPA also embraces, but it is certainly a significant ban if it means having to quickly and sharply cut the supply of new gas cars from 84% to less than 30% in a few short years.
Chet Thompson is president and CEO of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers. He previously served as deputy general counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the George W. Bush administration and was a partner at Crowell and Moring, where he chaired the Environment and Natural Resources Group.
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