FACT CHECK: Harris EV Mandate Would Be A Bloodbath

September 10, 2024

Kamala Harris is hellbent on DESTROYING the U.S. auto industry.

 

President Trump claimed it’d be a “bloodbath” for the U.S. auto industry if the Harris-Biden electric vehicle mandate takes hold — and he’s exactly right.

  • Harris-Biden’s new EPA rule requires 70 percent of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. be electric or hybrid by 2032 — and Kamala Harris wants to take it further with a full “transition” to electric vehicles.

    • A ban on gas-powered vehicles would eliminate almost 200,000 auto manufacturing jobs in the U.S. — particularly in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.

  • The average cost of a new electric vehicle is more than $56,000 and typically purchased by higher-income Americans with generous, taxpayer-funded subsidies — an attack on working-class Americans already struggling to afford groceries and utilities under Harris-Biden.

  • Electric vehicles, which make up just seven percent of new car sales, are prone to failing in freezing temperatures, require frequent charging, and have limited hauling capacity — restricting their utility in industries like farming and construction.

  • Millions of Americans who work in the oil and natural gas and agriculture industries, as well as those who own small businesses like mechanic and auto repair shops, will be among the hardest hit while having virtually no effect on global temperatures.

  • Meanwhile, it’d increase dependence on communist China, which is already the leading global exporter of vehicles and home to 85 percent of the elements required for EV batteries.

President Trump will reverse the Harris-Biden EV disaster on DAY ONE.