[From NADA] On July 24, the House of Representatives voted to pass the House Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes language (Secs. 474 and 475) that would temporarily stop the EPA from spending funds to implement, administer or enforce its de facto EV mandates on light-duty, medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. This bill passed the House by a vote of 210-205.

On July 24, NADA President and CEO Mike Stanton and ATD President Laura Perrotta sent a letter to House members in support of this bill.

NADA and ATD are highly skeptical that EVs will be adopted anywhere near the levels required to comply with the EPA’s rules. While dealers have supported the move to electrification with billions of dollars in investments and the purchase of EV inventory, the U.S. lacks an adequate national consumer and commercial vehicle charging network, which makes the rapid adoption of EVs required by the EPA impractical.

The fate of the EV riders in the House funding legislation is uncertain, as the spending bill will need to be negotiated with the Senate, likely in the lame duck session of Congress. NADA will continue efforts to temporarily stop or disapprove of EPA’s de facto EV mandates.