• Ann Carlson, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has a history of advocating policies to force changes in consumer behavior to combat climate change.
• New NHTSA rule proposals could raise vehicle upfront costs by up to $1,000 and require U.S. automakers to effectively double the fuel economy of their vehicles by 2032 models.
• Power the Future director Daniel Turner told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “Bureaucrats like Mr. Carlson believe that the best way to enforce a green agenda is through price increases and regulatory oversight.” I have long believed that it was a punitive measure, such as red tape,” he said.

Acting U.S. Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) administrator Ann Carlson on Friday proposed new rules to raise prices for internal combustion engine vehicles, after previously advocating policies to raise energy costs to encourage a green transition. was

Carlson, a former professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, has a history of advocating policies that could raise energy prices and impose new burdens on Americans, and such policies would support the green energy transition. We believe that it is an effective mechanism to change consumer behavior in order to . Proposed by NHTSA update This will raise the cost of gasoline vehicles for US consumers to reduce emissions and combat climate change.

NHTSA estimates that the proposed rule could save Americans a cumulative $50 billion in fuel costs over the long term, but consumers would have to pay up to $1,000 in initial costs to buy a car, and manufacturers will encourage consumers to push electric vehicles (EVs). Experts interviewed by the Rule Proposal and the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The average new EV costs over $4,000 more than the average new internal combustion engine car. according to July data from the Kelley Blue Book.

“This is EV mandate and further evidence that elites want ordinary people to ride electric cars and ride buses,” said Dan Kish, a senior researcher at the Institute of Energy, previously. , mentioned the proposed rule to the DCNF.

The proposed rule would effectively require automakers to double the average fuel economy of their vehicles, according to Environmental Protection Agency statistics. estimated 2022 With an efficiency level of 42.4 miles per gallon, “by 2032 the average fuel economy of a vehicle could reach 58 miles per gallon.” according to To Friday’s Department of Transportation (DOT) press release announcing the proposal.

Power the Future director Daniel Turner told the DCNF, “Bureaucrats like Carlson believe the best way to enforce a green agenda is through price increases and regulatory red tape. It has long been believed to be a punitive measure,” he said. “The Biden administration sees the executive state as an enforcer on an agenda that the American people know is steadfastly rejected.”

Mr. Turner went on to say that “only the wealthy are immune” to the increased costs wrought by bureaucrats like Mr. Carlson, adding: “As America’s middle class is being crushed, Mr. Carlson will It should be asked how many people have to suffer until they are ‘good’,” he added. Part of the green agenda is set in motion. ” (Related: Biden’s EPA Plans to Use New Regulations to Bury Coal Industry)

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The rule requires passenger cars and light trucks to improve their fuel efficiency by 2% and 4%, respectively, from the 2027 model year. according to Head over to Friday’s DOT press release. According to a press release, the updated CAFE standards will require work vans and pickup trucks to be 10% more fuel efficient each year for five years from model year 2030.

“Deep down, I don’t believe most people would change their behavior dramatically unless they were forced to do so,” Carson wrote in a 2009 paper. piece For Legal Planet. “A change in consumer car-buying behavior, in other words, will not come from the good intentions of our hearts,” she added.

in 2008 article At the Michigan legislative review, Mr. Carlson advocated a plan to “raise energy prices” for consumers and “pressure manufacturers to make their products more energy efficient.” “To encourage policy innovation, Congress should allow California to set stricter standards than federal law, and successful policy innovation could eventually spill over to other regions. there is,” she wrote.

Carlson also voiced support for regulating widely used home appliances in the name of fighting climate change.carlson Discussed In a speech at the 2009 Climate and Energy Law Symposium, which regulates the use of consumer electronics, he said that “U.S. buildings collectively emit about 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.” rice field.

“All of these appliances obviously use electricity to power them. It causes the release of effect gases,” she said in her speech. “Right now, moving away from carbon-based fuels may solve the problem, but we are far from doing it and it is not clear to me if we intend to do it. Until then, I think most people would agree that an effective strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is to improve energy efficiency.”

In the same speech, she also praised California as “a leader in issuing stringent consumer electronics standards ahead of federal preemption.”

in 2020 remarks On the Clean Air Act, Carlson said California’s restrictions on cars and diesel trucks “have led to staggering reductions in pollution,” which “wouldn’t have happened if the federal government had left it alone.” rice field.

NHTSA’s primary mission is to “keep people safe on America’s roads.” according to to that website.

The new proposal “will benefit our country and all Americans,” Carlson said. according to Head over to Friday’s DOT press release. The proposal “will advance energy security, reduce harmful emissions, and save money for families and business owners,” she continued, adding, “That’s good news for everyone.” (Related: Exclusive: GOP lawmakers submit bill to ban Biden from calling national climate emergency)

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In a separate report on the proposed rule, NHTSA acknowledged that the rule would cost manufacturers about $236.5 billion. according to To FOX News. According to the wording of the regulation, the regulation will be finalized and manufacturers will face stiff fines from the government if they fail to comply with the latest standards.

General Motors expressed concern to the Biden administration about future updates to CAFE standards, telling government officials in mid-July that the updated standards would cost U.S. automakers between 2027 and 2031 “a total of $100 billion to A $300 billion fine is reportedly possible. according to to Reuters. However, according to Reuters, the administration deemed the assessment “pure speculation and inaccurate”.

Not only is the Biden administration “elitist and alien to the American public in general,” it also “repeated the Constitution by putting a person whose name was withdrawn from Senate recognition into office as an ‘Acting Chief Executive.’ “Working with the U.S. Senate,” Kish told DCNF. “She is her dilettante, spending all her time on her hobby about climate change, ignoring her real job: the safety of the American people.”

Republicans in the Senate, led by Texas’ Ted Cruz, blocked Carlson’s approval for the NHTSA top post in May, citing his past statements about using energy costs as a starting point for a green transition. . After withdrawing her nomination, President Joe Biden chose to appoint her to the office on a proxy basis, thereby avoiding her Senate confirmation.

Carlson, a “Los Angeles liberal with a law degree and climate change background,” was “brought into the Biden administration to implement this climate change policy, but she has experience in highway-related fields.” Not at all,” said Tom Jones, director of American Media. The Accountability Foundation told DCNF. The NHTSA proposal is “clearly an effort to force everyone to own an EV,” Jones said.

“The goal is to ban internal combustion engines,” Jones continued, adding that proposed rules from Carlson’s NHTSA “are terrible for working-class Americans.”

Friday’s proposed rule comes about three months after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new proposals on tailpipe emissions that would require 67% of new vehicles to be made up of EVs.

The White House, NHTSA and DOT did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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