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Democrats' green scheme faces headwinds in key state
The policies of forcing Americans to buy expensive and sometimes unreliable electric cars, coupled with the fact that consumers won't agree to it, have led Joe Biden to abandon at least part of his green ideology, the goal of suddenly changing American transportation. Away from internal combustion engines.
A report by Business Insider said his agenda-driven administration is planning to roll back federal rules that require more and more electric cars to be built and sold.
Now, automakers may not have to reach the 60% electric vehicle production standard until 2030, the report said.
The fact is that the demand for these vehicles, due to their reliability, range, charging, expenses and other issues, has decreased in recent months.
“The upcoming review comes amid continued pressure from auto companies and the United Auto Workers union to ease requirements, in addition to loud criticism from Republicans and their presidential candidate, Donald Trump,” Business Insider said.
Even Sean Fine, president of the United Auto Workers, who has endorsed Biden, “expressed concern” about the short timeframe Biden had earlier called for for the entire industry, and all consumers, to change.
Business Insider noted that demand for electric vehicles will “decline” significantly in 2023.
In fact, dealers were “rejecting” their EV allocations because they didn’t see sales keeping up with supply.
Fox News commentator Liz Beck had some thoughts on Biden's scheme to force Americans to use electric cars, then back away from that campaign to try to win four more years of control of America.
“Surprise! Joe Biden is running away from his pursuit of electric cars — arguably his most important climate agenda — as fast as his 81-year-old legs can carry him. Common sense and awash in Michigan polls have succeeded in breaking his climate panic “Biden. It's about time.”
She also noted that there was a worker from BYD, the leading Chinese electric car maker.
She explained: “The New York Times, the favorite man in the White House under Biden, made a stunning turnaround on Sunday over the weekend, under the radar. In essence, Biden has extended the timeline for cutting tailpipe emissions several years into the future, a rollback that is sure to draw the ire of climate lobbyists and especially climate-obsessed young voters. The president's standing among this latter group is already shrinking; A recent poll shows Donald Trump leading Biden with registered voters under 35.
The Times had outlined Biden's new plans to “relax” the EPA's demands on emissions limits.
“The EPA celebrated the tripling of electric vehicle sales during the Biden presidency and the construction of 130,000 charging stations,” Beck noted. This sounds impressive, but electric vehicles represented less than 8% of all new car sales last year, and the United States will need an estimated 2 million charging ports by 2030.
Furthermore, California has already had to issue advisories to electric car owners not to charge their cars at certain times because the state's electrical grid can't handle the load.
Cox Automotive reported that the average price of a new electric vehicle was about $51,000, while “old-fashioned gas guzzlers” had an average price of $34,000.
Furthermore, “reports of cold weather hampering charging and draining battery life due to very low temperatures have further dampened enthusiasm,” Beck noted.
Automakers have been losing shirts, with Ford taking a loss of $36,000 for every electric car it made.
“These issues did not affect a White House exhausted by climate panic. What caught their attention was the political risk of losing Michigan, a critical swing state. A recent Fox News poll showed Trump leading Biden 47 percent to 45 percent in the state Wolverine. The Real Clear Politics average of Michigan polls shows Trump with a 5-point lead.
The latest poll from its own networks shows that 6% of 2020 Biden voters switched their preference to Trump, enough to change the outcome of the election.
Biden is also facing new opposition from the state's large Arab-American community, whose members accuse Biden of failing to meet their demands regarding the Gaza-based organization's Hamas terror war against Israel.
High-ranking auto workers are also concerned about Biden's push for electric cars, as they take fewer labor hours to manufacture.
There are Chinese products, which have outsold Tesla worldwide, and may soon be manufactured in Mexico, meaning they can be imported economically.
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