The White House wants U.S. automakers to support at least 40% of electric vehicle goals by 2030-Reuters

David Shepson

Washington (Reuters)-According to sources with knowledge of the matter, the White House has told American automakers that it wants them to support a voluntary goal of at least 40% of new car sales by 2030 as electric vehicles, because it is committed to reducing greenhouses Gas pollution.

While discussing the electric vehicle (EV) goals with US automakers, the Biden administration will roll out its proposed revisions to vehicle emission standards as early as next week until 2026.

The source said that the voluntary target may be as high as 50%, but emphasized that no agreement has been reached with the automaker, and many details are still under discussion, including whether the target includes only fully electric vehicles or some electric vehicles that can also use gasoline engines.

Brian Rothenberg, spokesperson for the American Federation of Automobile Workers (UAW), said that “we have agreed to achieve 40% of electric vehicles by 2030”, the published report is inaccurate. The American Auto Workers’ Federation is still under discussion and has not yet reached an agreement. The U.S. Auto Workers’ Union opposes the mandatory requirement for electric vehicles, warning that it may put some jobs at risk.

Earlier this month, Fiat Chrysler’s parent company Stellattis stated that its goal is to achieve low emissions in more than 40% of American cars by 2030. Stellantis declined to comment on Thursday.

General Motors (NYSE:) declined to comment on the meeting. It has stated that it hopes to stop selling new US gasoline-powered light vehicles by 2035. The White House declined to comment on the discussion. Ford Motor (NYSE:) Co did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Biden administration rejected calls from many Democrats to set binding targets for electric vehicle adoption or follow California’s 2035 as the date to phase out sales of new gasoline-powered light-duty vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are reviewing the then President Donald Trump’s abolition of fuel economy standards in March 2020, requiring a 1.5% increase in efficiency per year by 2026, which is far below The 5% annual increase set in 2012 was the administration of President Obama.

The source told Reuters that the proposed rules will cover the period from 2023 to 2026 and are expected to be similar to the agreement reached by California with some automakers in 2019 to increase fuel economy by 3.7% annually in terms of overall vehicle emissions reduction. . The requirements in 2026 are expected to exceed the 5% annual improvement in the Obama era.

In March of this year, a panel of 71 Democrats in the US House of Representatives urged Biden to enact strict emission rules to ensure that 60% of new passenger cars and trucks sold by 2030 achieve zero emissions.

The United States pledged at the Global Climate Summit earlier this year to reduce emissions by 50% to 52% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.

In April this year, more than a dozen governors from California, New York and Massachusetts urged Biden to approve the ban on the sale of new passenger gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.