First appeared on FOX: A group of 26 Republican attorneys general notified the Biden administration that they would challenge the latest fuel emissions limits, calling the new federal rules “the latest attempt to take gasoline-powered vehicles off the road.”
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday filed a notice of intent to sue the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s rule titled “Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 and Later, and Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2030 and Later Large Pickup Trucks and Vans.”
The rules, which took effect Monday, require automakers to significantly improve the average fuel economy of passenger cars and light trucks within 10 years.
The attorneys general say the new regulations would impose “unenforceable standards that use the federal government’s power to require automakers to increase EV production.”
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“A forced transition to EVs would circumvent the free market, increase costs for households, and undermine the reliability of the power grid,” they said.
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“Once again, President Biden’s election year politics put pointless environmental policies above helping Kentuckians put food on the table,” Coleman told Fox News Digital..
“It’s time for the Biden Administration to put the brakes on unaffordable EV mandates, let the free market work, and get back to work protecting families.”
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Coleman said electric vehicles make up less than 1% of vehicles registered in Kentucky.
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“Congress has not given NHTSA the authority to restructure an industry that ultimately impacts consumers’ wallets, and this rule is legally flawed and impractical,” Morrissey said. “Undoubtedly, this rule will cause America to become more reliant on other countries, including China, for our energy needs, undermining America’s energy security through increased demand and strain on the electric grid.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for comment.
