Following the hottest year on record, the fight for clean cars and a healthier planet is facing determined foes. Now it looks like the Biden administration may slow-roll the needed transition to clean vehicles, knuckling under to craven automakers, oil companies, and car dealers.These powerful industries are teaming up to run a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule off the road, and with it our best measure to keep the climate crisis from careening off the rails.
The cabal of retrograde automakers, drill-happy oil companies and car dealers reviled for their hidden fees and shady lending want the White House to forget calling global warming an 'existential threat.'Auto dealers don't like EVs. Most don't make their money selling vehicles, but profit from selling repairs and maintenance.EVs work. Because they have fewer moving parts than gasoline-powered vehicles, they seldom need repairs and require little maintenance.