Biden Targets 2030 in Push for More Electric Cars

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🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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President Biden announced an executive order last week that aims to make half of all new vehicles sold electric by 2030. The move is part of Biden’s larger plan for taking action on the climate crisis and has the backing of U.S. automakers. Not a legally binding mandate and more of a voluntary pledge, it remains to be seen how much progress will ultimately be made in helping lower greenhouse gas emissions. California set its own goal for electric vehicles earlier this year when Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all sales of new gas-powered vehicles in the state phased out by 2035. Many Democrats urged Biden to pursue a similar order, which is closer to those adopted by other countries, but he resisted. We’ll learn more about Biden’s executive order and what impact California’s own policies and growing electric vehicle industry will have on the national plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.1	Coming up on forum, President Joe Biden wants more Americans to drive electric cars to reduce planet warming emissions and better compete economically with China.
1:24.6	But the strategy he unveiled last week has drawn criticism for not going far enough.
1:29.3	We look at the plan and California's role in it. Then the state's drought has triggered yet another
1:35.3	unprecedented event, the shutdown of the hydroelectric power plant at Lake Oroville because the water level is too low.
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2:01.5	President Biden wants half of all new cars sold in the U.S. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
2:11.7	President Biden wants half of all new cars sold in the U.S. by 2030 to be electric, battery electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen fuel cell electric.
2:21.3	Biden signed an executive order last week, setting that as a target, and he proposed new fuel efficiency standards of 52 miles per gallon by 2026.
2:27.3	While Biden's plans will require major changes in the auto industry and in consumer behavior, they fall far short of the goals California has put in place.
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