Biden Announces Executive Order Designed To Aggressively Eliminate Gas Vehicles

President 👤Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Thursday with the goal to make 50 percent of new vehicles sold by 2030 zero-emission.

“The future of the auto industry is electric,” Biden said on Twitter as he announced his plan.

He also took a shot at former President Donald Trump, saying he would be “unveiling steps to reverse the previous administration’s short-sighted rollback of vehicle standards.”

“Specifically, the President will sign an Executive Order that sets an ambitious new target to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emissions vehicles, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles,” the White House said in a “fact sheet” released  Thursday morning.

“The Executive Order also kicks off development of long-term fuel efficiency and emissions standards to save consumers money, cut pollution, boost public health, advance environmental justice, and tackle the climate crisis,” it said.

“Together, today’s announcements would put us on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from new passenger vehicle sales by more than 60 percent in 2030 compared to vehicles sold last year, and facilitate achieving the President’s goal of 50-52 percent net economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reductions below 2005 levels in 2030.”

Biden hinted at the announcement in a Twitter post on Wednesday.

“When I say electric vehicles are the future, I’m not joking. Tune in for big news tomorrow,” he tweeted.