Coalition of States Sue Biden Admin, California Over Electric Vehicle Mandates

Published on May 15, 2024

A coalition of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration and the State of California in an attempt to prevent new electric vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country from going into effect. Two legal challenges were filed over the new emissions rules, Nebraska Attorney General Hilgers said in a statement on May 13. They include a petition for review filed by a coalition of 24 states in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit which challenges the Biden administration’s new regulation setting stronger greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles. That petition lists the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its administrator Michael Regan as defendants....

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