House Votes to Strike Down Biden’s ‘EV Mandate’ As 5 Democrats Side With Republicans

The House on Wednesday passed legislation that seeks to block an 🛂Environmental Protection Agency rule that critics say amounts to a backdoor mandate designed to force Americans to buy electric vehicles.

The 221-197 vote to approve the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act saw five Democrats side with 216 Republicans, according to Fox News.

The legislation came in response to an EPA regulation that the White House has said could lead to a vehicle market in which — to comply with the tailpipe emission rules — 67 percent of new sedan, crossover, SUV and light truck purchases would be electric by 2032. The Biden administration estimated that by 2032, half of new bus and garbage truck purchases could be electric in order to achieve compliance.

Republican Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan, who drafted the CARS Act along with Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, said the EPA rule “is unattainable, it’s unaffordable and, in fact, it’s unrealistic,” according to The Hill.

“It takes away what we’ve always thought of as one of the most important principles of Americanism, and that’s choice,” he said.

“The passage of the CARS Act is a massive victory for every consumer and the entire American auto industry. Biden’s mandate has always been unrealistic and a textbook study on how central planning and Bidenomics simply do not work. Mandating EVs has never been a responsible or affordable solution,” Walberg told Fox News.