Though companies could comply using other technology, the proposed standards are based on as much as 70 percent of fleets being emission-free, and critics have dubbed the proposal a defacto EV mandate that stifles consumer choice. The plan exceeds President Joe Biden’s earlier goal for half of new passenger cars and light-duty trucks to be zero-emitting vehicles by the end of the decade.
Ford Motor Co. was one of several automakers encouraging the EPA to ease the stringency of its requirements in the short term, between 2027 and 2029, creating a softer on-ramp to the planned 2032 standards. As proposed, EPA would mandate roughly equal pollution reductions annually. Toyota called the initial proposed annual stringency increases “extreme.”
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