GOP States, Industry Group Challenge DOE Delay Of EV Incentive Phaseout

Over a dozen GOP states and an industry group are challenging the Department of Energy’s (DOE) recent rule that reduces electric vehicles’ (EV) estimated fuel economy benefits more slowly than proposed, with the critics arguing that the department lacks authority for a key element of the rule that retains an EV multiplier incentive, and that the rule suffers from other procedural flaws. The April 5 filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit was submitted by an...