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2023 J.L. & Mobility 1 (2023)

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        PREEMPTIVE FEDERAL LEGISLATION FOR EV
     MANUFACTURERS TO SELL DIRECT TO CUSTOMERS


                            By: Peter Luu



 Cite as: Peter Luu, Preemptive Federal Legislative for EV Manufacturers
             to Sell Direct to Consumers, 2023 J. L. Mob. 1.



                          I.      Introduction

Electric vehicles (EVs) are slated to replace internal combustible
engine vehicles in the near future as the primary mode of
transportation for millions of Americans.1 General Motors has vowed
to make only electric vehicles by 2035; Volkswagen  has pledged that
EVs  will make up 70%  of its car sales by 2030. 2 The local and
federal governments  have also taken steps to accelerate the
mainstream  adoption of EVs. President Biden's Electric Vehicle
Charging  Action Plan aims for EVs to make  up 50%  of new car sales
by 2030.3 The Biden  administration also allocated $5 billion in the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build a nationwide charging
network.4 At the state level, California aims for EVs to make up
100%  of all new vehicle sales by 2035.5 Fourteen other states plus
Washington  DC  have  pledged that all new medium-  and heavy-duty
vehicle sales in their states will be zero emissions by 2050.6
However,  despite the efforts, as it currently stands, EV adoption is
nowhere  near the goals that federal and state governments have set


1 See Camila Domonoske, Giving up gas-powered cars was a fringe idea. it's now
on its way to reality, NPR, Nov. 20, 2021,
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/20/1055718914/giving-up-gas-powered-cars-for-
electric-vehicles.
2 Justin Rowlett, Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think, BBC, Jun.
1, 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57253947.
3 Press Release, The White House, FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Electric
Vehicle Charging Acting Plan, (Dec. 13, 2021),
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/13/fact-
sheet-the-biden-harris-electric-vehicle-charging-action-plan/.
4 id.
5 Ca. Exec. Order N-79-20 (Jan. 19, 2021), https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-
sheets/governor-newsoms-zero-emission-2035-executive-order-n-79-
20#:-:text=By%20setting%20a%20course%20to,to%20carbon%20neutrality%20b
y%202045.
6 Press Release, California Air Resources Board, 15 states and the District of
Columbia join forces to accelerate bus and truck electrification, (Jul. 14, 2020),
https://ww2. arb.ca.gov/news/15 -states-and-district-columbia-join-forces-
accelerate-bus-and-truck-electrification.

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