Trump revokes EV targets
Plans to end “ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions”
As one of his first Executive Actions, U.S. President Donald Trump revoking a 2021 executive order signed by Joe Biden which attempted to dictate that half of all new vehicles sold in the United States by 2030 would be electric.
This action, fulfillment of a promise Trump made several times on the campaign trail in 2024, follows a January 14th joint statement by automakers calling upon Canada’s government to end its electric vehicle (EV) mandates.
Trump said in an executive order he was halting distribution of unspent government funds for vehicle charging stations from a $5 billion fund, called for ending a waiver for states to adopt zero emission vehicle rules by 2035 and said his administration would consider ending EV tax credits, Reuters reports. Trump said in his order on Monday he was seek the repeal of a waiver granted to California in December by the EPA allowing the state to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035. That rule has been adopted by 11 other states.
Trump said the EPA should terminate “where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles.”
The January 20 order said the new administration should consider “the elimination of unfair subsidies and other ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions that favor EVs over other technologies and effectively mandate their purchase.”
