‘The Goal Is to Take Away Private Vehicles’: Trump Alumni, Policy Expert Warn of EPA Electric Car Rule

‘The Goal Is to Take Away Private Vehicles’: Trump Alumni, Policy Expert Warn of EPA Electric Car Rule
Tesla cars are seen parked at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 20, 2022. Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
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Trump administration veterans have questioned the Biden administration’s proposed electric car rules, arguing that they could be a pretext for radically slashing private vehicle ownership.

Mike McKenna, a deputy assistant to President Donald J. Trump, told a Heritage Foundation panel that the Environmental Protection Agency’s April proposal is actually about “getting rid of cars” in large numbers.
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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