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The "weaker regulations" are primarily CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) regulations, which were intended to limit gasoline usage to prevent dependency on f
by biomcgary 3y ago
The "weaker regulations" are primarily CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) regulations, which were intended to limit gasoline usage to prevent dependency on foreign imports after the oil shock in the 1970s. EVs don't use imported fossil fuels, so CAFE regulations don't make sense. We just need to keep increasing the fraction of locally produced, renewable energy supplying the grid.
- 0xcde4c3db 3y agoAll true, but I'm not sure that relaxing or abolishing CAFE now really moves the needle. It seems like the damage was mostly done by 2010 or so, and now SUVs are just sort of the default kind of vehicle Americans are expected to buy.