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2023 J.L. & Mobility 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/jlwmby2023 and id is 1 raw text is: 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.