Debate Intensifies Over Consumer EV Readiness As EPA Preps Auto Rule

Biden officials and outside groups are increasingly debating consumers’ readiness to adopt electric vehicles (EVs), a key factor as EPA prepares to finalize its model 2027-32 light- and medium-duty emissions standards expected to spur greater EV sales as one compliance strategy. The debate comes as numerous groups are making late-hour pitches on the rule as part of the White House Office of Management & Budget’s (OMB) inter-agency review process, and as EPA officials appear poised to ease the rule’s projected...