Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is facing a tough decision in the Senate, one that might determine whether or not California is saddled with an electric vehicle mandate in the near future.
At the end of his term, former President Joe Biden granted California an EPA waiver, allowing it to implement regulations that would effectively mandate that 80% of cars be emissions-free by 2035.
The waiver allowed California to make its own rules on auto emissions standards, rather than follow national standards.
California, as a disproportionally large portion of the U.S. economy, often has the power to shape national business practices. For example, automakers tend to follow the California Air Resources Board’s regulations, as opposed to the more lenient national emission regulations.
This month, an alliance of major automakers penned a statement that, if the…
