Auto dealers are telling Biden to stop forcing Americans into electric vehicles, especially when EVs have 79 percent more problems, writes Maggie Hroncich of The New York Sun. She continues:
Despite thousands of dollars in tax credits, manufacturer rebates, and national calls for more green energy, the Biden administrationโs electric vehicle push isnโt resonating with consumers.
Thatโs the latest according to a letter this week to President Biden fromย 3,882 dealerships, calling on the president to โtap the brakes on the unrealistic government electric vehicle mandateโ as electric cars sit on their lots for months without being sold.
The letter cites Biden administration regulations that โwould essentially mandate a dramatic shift to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), increasing year after year until 2032, when two out of every three vehicles sold in America would have to be battery electric.โ […]
Pew Researchย polling dataย this summer showed that 50 percent of American adults said they are not too likely or โnot at all likely to consider purchasing an EV.โ Pew found that โDemocrats and Democratic-leaning independents, younger adults, and people living in urban areasโ were the most likely to say they would purchase an EV.
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