WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is expected to propose extensive new limits on vehicle tailpipe emissions in a bid to move U.S. auto makers toward majority electric-vehicle sales, according to people familiar with the matter.
The new standards for light-duty vehicles, which are likely to be announced by the Environmental Protection Agency in Detroit next week, are expected to cover model years 2027 to 2032 and include the country’s most stringent curbs on car pollution to date, the people said.
EPA spokeswoman Maria Michalos declined to confirm the details of the proposal, which aren’t yet final. The move would potentially go beyond President Biden’s ambitious target for half of all new vehicle sales to be electric-powered by 2030.
“As directed by the President in an executive order, the EPA is developing new standards that will seize on this historic progress to accelerate the transition to a zero-emissions transportation future, protecting people and the planet,” Ms. Michalos said.
The expected rules were reported earlier by Bloomberg and other news media.
Most major auto makers already are racing to change over their vehicle portfolios to electrics. Tougher tailpipe-emissions standards overseas, and the success of EV leader
Tesla Inc.,
have prodded the industry in the direction of battery-powered cars.
Some car companies have even pledged targets similar to those of the Biden administration. In 2021,
General Motors Co.
,
Ford Motor Co.
and Jeep-maker
NV jointly voluntarily agreed to target 40-50% of their annual U.S. vehicle sales to be electric by 2030, in line with the administration’s goal at the time.
Still, auto executives and lobbyists have said a big swing to electric cars will partly hinge on factors outside of the industry’s control.
Insufficient availability of public and private EV charging stations, and a potential shortage of raw materials such as lithium and nickel needed to produce batteries, loom as potential barriers to consumer EV adoption and auto makers’ ability to meet higher sales thresholds.
In a statement this week, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobbying group that represents GM, Ford,
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