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Adam Schiff Says Trump Admin Is 'Hellbent On Killing EVs' As California Emissions Fight Escalates
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Monday accused the President Donald Trump administration of deliberately causing the slowdown in EV development through its policies.
Trump Killing EVs
In a post on X, Schiff criticized the Trump administration’s policies against electric mobility and emissions norms. “One year after gutting California's ability to set its own clean air standards,” Schiff said, the Trump administration was “hellbent” on “killing EV's and allowing more tailpipe emissions.”
“Trump's EPA and the willingness of Senate Republicans to bend the rules to deliver for the fossil fuel rible cost to public health,” the California senator said in his post.
Schiff also posted a link for a Reuters report dated June 12, which said that GOP leaders in Congress were sending the California tailpipe emissions norms for potential repeal.
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that the Golden State’s emissions standards that were approved under previous governments were not reviewed by lawmakers under the Congressional Review Act, the report said.
Notably, EV sales in the U.S. reached a record high in May, with preliminary numbers showing 85,000 units sold, according to data by Cox Automotive.
California Emissions Norms
California also surpassed 2.5 million EV sales since Newsom took office in 2019 and highlighted a 300% surge in EV adoption in the state since 2019.
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