Overview

• Tesla told the EPA the 2009 endangerment finding and Biden-era vehicle standards are lawful and have provided a stable basis for investment, warning that rescission would be disruptive and retroactive.
• The EPA proposed in July to rescind the endangerment finding; the public comment period closed Monday with more than 140,000 submissions reported.
• The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, representing most major automakers, urged rolling back or rewriting the 2027+ greenhouse-gas standards as unachievable, citing market, charging, supply chain and affordability hurdles.
• The group also flagged near-term market stress with the federal $7,500 EV tax credit expiring on September 30 and potential loss of certain battery production credits next year.
• State policy is shifting as California regulators repealed their zero-emission truck purchasing rule for private fleets, and Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly blamed GM and CEO Mary Barra for enabling federal rollbacks.