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What do people want? Affordable electric vehicles, if possible. Some people don’t even want an EV at all and that has become clear as interest declines. Trump would like to remove every single EV mandate, but what will that mean for the automotive industry? 

Trump wants to remove all EV mandates 

If Donald Trump wins the upcoming electric he says he will remove every single EV mandate. But let’s take this with a grain of salt. 

First of all, he might not win the election. Secondly, politicians are full of false promises and things often slip through the cracks after election season. 

But who knows what will happen? He vows to remove the new regulation that limits tailpipe pollution that was set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during his first day in office. 

Allegedly, this will force automakers to sell more electric and hybrid vehicles over time. It’s just too strict in Trump’s eyes. 

Automakers have been retrofitting factories and building new facilities to produce lower-emission hybrids and zero-emission EVs but they could have been focusing on their top gas-powered vehicles to boost sales instead. 

The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E on the road
2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E | Ford

Trump claims that the EV mandate was trillions of dollars of wasteful spending and called it a green scam. He said he would direct the money to projects like roads, bridges, and dams. However, it’s unclear how he could honor that pledge. 

Trump also complains that EVs don’t work and will benefit China and Mexico while hurting American auto workers. 

But popular gas-powered vehicles, like the Toyota Tacoma just moved to Mexico, as Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis have been building new EV plants in America.

Under a model by the EPA, one scenario suggests that about 56% of car and truck sales will be electric by 2023 and about 16% of sales will be hybrid. That’s more relaxed than Biden’s push for 50% of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030. 

But if the EV mandate is repealed, then what happens to all of the money automakers have been investing into EV development and facilities? Will they continue their work to go green? 

Or will they follow Ford’s move by pausing EV sales to remodel plants for the production of popular gas-selling vehicles? How many automakers want to go green and how many are just complying due to force?

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Allison Barfield

Allison Barfield joined MotorBiscuit in 2020 and covers all things trucks, SUVs, and Jeeps. Having grown up on a farm in Rock Hill, South Carolina, she’s no stranger to the “Best in Class” truck and SUV debates; people in her hometown were always gathering to help work on vehicles together, and deliberation would naturally arise.

Allison graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Media Arts. She has helped bring awareness to issues Women In Trucking face and has promoted Truckers Against Trafficking, an anti-trafficking NGO.

A fan of creatively dark literature, Allison appreciates the works of Shirley Jackson and Emily Dickenson. She lives in a mountainous area of the country and enjoys off-roading and camping. Her dog, Bruce, often joins her in testing trucks and SUVs for our site.