Biden’s EV Mandate Would Threaten U.S. National Security
The Biden Administration’s requirement that most automobiles sold in the U.S. be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2023 will strain national infrastructure, limit consumer choice, and could jeopardize national security, National Defense Committee executive director Bob Carey writes in RealClear Defense.
Earlier this year President Biden announced so-called tailpipe emission rules, which would mandate that about two-thirds of automobile sales be EVs by 2032. Yet, the U.S. power grid is not currently equipped to support that many electric cars, nor are our national manufacturing capabilities prepared to build that many. Currently, only about one in 87 vehicles on the road are EVs.
“The largest concern lies within the potential effects on our national security if the emissions rule were to be adopted,” Carey writes. China has dominated the EV market, “forcing many countries who may be interested in EVs to fall to their knees, begging China to give them what they need.”
China also controls most production of the materials needed to build EVs, including 21 percent of global lithium production and 41 percent of cobalt production.
NDC spearheaded a letter to President Biden urging him to rethink such approaches to climate change.
“Eliminating consumer choice is needless and there is no reason for the nation’s leaders to be mandating reckless policies that give in to the high stakes demands of foreign adversaries,” Carey concludes.
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