Automakers: States ‘unlikely to reach’ 2035 gas-free goal Source: By David Iaconangel, E&E News • Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The auto industry’s largest trade group challenged 11 governors who are calling for a national phase-out of gasoline cars to put clean vehicles on their own roads first. The governors urged the Biden administration in April to ban sales of new light-duty gas cars by 2035, followed by medium- and heavy-duty models by 2045. That would place the entire country on the same track as California and a handful of other states. But in letters dated April 29 and shared with E&E News this week, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation warned the governors that their states were “unlikely to reach” 100% zero-emissions vehicle sales without doing more to stimulate consumer acceptance. The alliance cited low national sales rates for EVs of around 2% of the car market in 2020. The group urged “immediate and substantial action” from
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Biden faces pressure to drive gasoline and diesel cars out of the US Source: By Oliver Milman, The Guardian • Posted: Monday, May 3, 2021
The president has touted the benefits of a boom in electric cars – but as states move to phase out new polluting vehicles his administration is pressed to go further
Vehicles on a freeway in Los Angeles, California, in 2019. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
Joe Biden’s administration, seeking deep cuts to planet-heating emissions, is facing pressure to take a previously unthinkable step: declare the end of the internal combustion engine in the US.
Widespread Commodity Shortages Raise Inflation Fears
For products as diverse as lumber and microchips, price increases are filtering through the economy.
An apartment complex in Orlando, Fla., being built by Roger B. Kennedy Construction, which says many of its suppliers are raising their prices 10 to 20 percent.Credit.Octavio Jones for The New York Times
May 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON In a normal year, Ron Whelan, vice president of Roger B. Kennedy Construction, receives one or two “Dear Valued Customer” letters from suppliers notifying him of price increases for certain materials. This year, a stack of 30 such warnings sits on his desk in Orlando, Fla., alerting him that things as diverse as lumber, drywall, aluminum and steel are going to cost 10 to 20 percent more.
Nutson Auto News Weekly Wrapup - April 26-May 1, 2021
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