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President Biden of the United States signed an executive order, which will promote that in 2030, half of the new cars sold in the United States must be some form of zero-emission vehicles, including pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. In addition to reducing emissions and reducing the impact of climate change, this can also help the United States compete with the Chinese auto industry, which is also fully committed to the transition to electric vehicles.
The specific policy content will be drawn up by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), initially with the goal of reducing emissions and improving fuel consumption. They are expected to be based on the agreement between California and car dealers BMW, Ford, Honda, Volvo and Volkswagen. EPA’s new regulations are expected to be implemented on cars in 2023, and NHTSA’s new regulations are expected to be on cars in 2024. start to implement.
It is actually quite difficult to achieve this goal. According to research, the sales of electric vehicles accounted for only 2% of the total sales in the United States in the past three years. It can be seen how far away the goal of increasing to 50% in 9 years is. And not only vehicles, but also supporting infrastructure related to charging and power generation must be fully deployed in the same short period of time, which is even more difficult.
But having said that, in fact, some states and automakers are still ahead of the federal government in terms of achieving their intended goals. California and Massachusetts will ban the sale of new petrol vehicles in 2035. GM also expects to phase out petrol vehicles in 2035. Ford will fully electric vehicles in Europe in 2030. Volvo, Fiat and other plants are also planning. Fully electric vehicles in 2030. Although Biden’s plan may seem ambitious, maybe the car factory may be even faster.