The environmental agency aims for the least polluting vehicles to represent the majority of units manufactured by 2032. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new regulations for pollution from light trucks, medium–sized vehicles, and utility vehicles manufactured from 2027 onward. These changes aim to boost the production of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles, with a goal for these vehicles to represent the majority of car sales by 2032. This is part of a plan to reduce the automotive industry’s impact on global warming. President Biden, who has made fighting climate change a central focus of his re-election campaign, has stated that the goal is for half of all new cars and trucks sold in 2030 to be zero-emission. Despite electric car sales reaching record highs in 2023, growth has slowed, and the new regulation aims to ensure that 56% of new sales are electric vehicles, with 13% being plug-in hybrids. According to the Biden administration, these changes will eliminate over 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the next 30 years and save $100 billion in public health costs. The electric vehicle Initiative has become a contentious Issue between Democrats and Republicans, with former President Donald Trump defending gasoline cars and promising to impose tariffs on foreign electric car manufacturers if elected. Unions, however, have welcomed the new regulations, considering them a viable emission rule that also protects workers.