Car Dealers Push Back on Joe Biden's EV Mandates

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Nearly 4,000 auto dealerships sign a letter urging President Biden to "tap the brakes" on his "unrealistic" targets for electric vehicles. "Customers are simply not ready to make the change," they write, pointing to high EV prices and unreliable charging stations. Plus, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley get big endorsements as each tries to be the GOP's 2024 alternative to Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	Nearly 3,900 auto dealers across the United States sign an open letter urging President
0:34.4	Biden to slow his mandates for electric vehicles as the Republican race to be
0:39.5	the Trump alternative in 2024 starts getting interesting.
0:43.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:46.2	We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley,
0:50.2	and editorial board member, Maneneukue Berua.
0:54.0	This open letter to the Biden administration
0:56.0	is available online if listeners want to find it
0:58.0	it's EV Voice of the Customer.com
1:02.0	and here is how it begins. We are auto dealers from across the country who
1:06.1	collectively sell every major brand in the US. We are small businesses employing
1:10.7	thousands of Americans. We are deeply committed to the customers
1:14.1	we serve and the communities where we operate, which is why we are asking you to slow down your
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