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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Daly and Tom Krisher

SHOCKING: Epa pollution limits aim to boost us electric vehicle sales - You Need To See This

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The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales.

The proposed regulation, announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, would set tailpipe emissions limits for the 2027 through 2032 model years that are the strictest ever imposed — and call for far more new EV sales than the auto industry agreed to less than two years ago.

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