The drive toward electric vehicles is becoming increasingly treacherous for the Biden administration, with many in Congress, the auto industry and car-loving America saying the transition away from gasoline-powered engines should be slowed.
The EPA, which proposed strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks last spring, and the Department of Transportation, which followed up in the summer with a plan to require significant improvements in fuel economy, have said little in the past six months about what the final rules will look like.
The tandem regulations are aimed at forcing manufacturers to produce more zero-emission vehicles over the next decade.
