Biden Administration Backs Down On EV Mandates After Massive Pushback
The Biden administration is backing down in the fight over the future of the car business. And it's likely due to pressure from Biden's political allies.
According to the New York Times, the administration is set to alter its rules about forcing the sale of undesirable electric cars on unwilling consumers. Not because it has realized that the obsession with EV's is unnecessary, especially considering their questionable environmental benefit, but because labor unions and automakers are putting on the pressure.
"Instead of essentially requiring automakers to rapidly ramp up sales of electric vehicles over the next few years," the Times wrote, "the administration would give car manufacturers more time, with a sharp increase in sales not required until after 2030."
This change comes just a few months after thousands of car dealerships asked the administration to alter plans after consumer demand cratered over the past few years.
Read: Nearly 4,000 Car Dealerships Ask Biden To Stop Electric Car Policies After Demand Collapses
About time the disastrous Biden administration is forced to accept reality.
President Joe Biden joins the United Auto Workers picketing in Belleville, Mich., on Sept. 26, 2023.
Electric Cars Are Massive Money Losers For Manufacturers, Massive Pain To Use
Electric cars may have a place in the future of the automotive industry, but ask virtually any owner about the user experience, and he or she will tell you what a giant pain they are to own. Charging infrastructure ranges from terrible, to slow, to nonexistent, and resale value is exceptionally poor considering concerns over battery longevity.
Not to mention the near impossibility of using EV's in extreme cold, which makes them much less desirable for huge swaths of the country. But the Biden administration, consumed with nonsensical obsession over "climate change," has been trying to force their adoption through mandates and restrictions.
But now even The Times and its political allies in the administration are admitting that the public has substantial, welll established concerns.
"Meanwhile, consumer demand has not been what automakers hoped," they wrote, "with potential buyers put off by sticker prices and the relative scarcity of charging stations."
And even with those extremely high prices, automakers are losing a fortune on EV's. Ford, for example, has lost billions, other companies have paused development of new EV's entirely, while new manufacturers like Lucid and Rivian have cut prices as demand fades.
It's not a complete admission that another Biden policy failed, but it's a start.