Biden makes a last big push to keep Trump from killing the electric car
PoliticoTrump has already vowed to undo California’s electric vehicle rules, similar to his effort five years ago to stop the state from imposing car and truck pollution standards more stringent than the federal government’s. The first Trump administration argued that California was effectively imposing fuel economy rules by regulating vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” Hallowed history Asked whether the newest California waiver could stand the tests of Trump, experts interviewed for this article all pointed to the long history of the state’s waivers from federal rules — a history that also makes it one of the most durable guardrails in environmental law. Rabe, of the University of Michigan, called it “leveraged federalism.” Whatever happens with the waiver under Trump, the years of uncertainty around it will probably see automakers continue to produce EVs on California’s schedule.