Three major automakers have announced that they will join President Joe Biden in his pledge to make 40% of car sales electric by 2030, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, have announced that they will support the transition to electric vehicles, which account for 40 to 50 percent of new car sales.
The newspaper reported that the country's largest auto federation would join the pledge, but a spokesperson for the United Auto Workers disputed the characterization. "It is still under discussion and we have not reached an agreement at this point," a United Auto Workers spokesman, Brian Rothenberg, said in an email.
The Washington Post report doesn't indicate that some details are still being negotiated, but the revelation follows another report from the Associated Press this week that said the administration will soon set mileage standards for cars aimed at pushing 40% of drivers into electric vehicles by End of the decade.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are expected to soon announce new vehicle mileage standards.
The standards - which are expected to boost sales of electric cars - come after the administration of former President Donald Trump weakened the standards of the era of his predecessor Barack Obama, and Trump's move was seen as a major retreat in the field of climate conservation, where the transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. in the United States.
Spokespeople for the White House and Stellants declined a request for comment, and spokesmen for Ford or GM did not immediately respond.
Biden pledge
The Biden administration is set to release vehicle mileage standards that will first restore and then surpass Obama-era standards, with a goal of 40% of American drivers using electric vehicles by 2030.
The rules, which would undo the Trump-era rollback, would first apply to 2023 cars, which will be subject to 2019 emissions rules that reduce emissions by 3.7% annually, according to The Hill.
By 2025, the Obama-era level of 5% annual increase in fuel efficiency standards will be fully restored and will continue to climb starting in 2026, and although the standards are set to eventually exceed those of the Obama administration, they fall short of calls issued by some environmental groups.
The Center for Biological Diversity, for example, noted a complete phase-out of gas-powered vehicles by the end of the decade and mandatory annual emissions reductions of 7% for each year from 2027 to 2030.
However, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that requirements will begin to increase faster in 2027 in a non-binding statement, in the hope that the pressure will drive the auto industry to ramp up production of electric cars.
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