Donald Trump has vowed to axe Government support for electric cars and other green schemes from “day one” if he regains control of the White House. The Telegraph has more.
Ahead of November’s Presidential election, the Republican nominee said he would scrap rules that will gradually outlaw petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles, while also describing electric car subsidies as an “incredible waste”.
Mr. Trump has previously threatened [er, pledged?] to gut President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which provides subsidies of $7,500 per electric car, and has been a vocal critic of emission rules designed to phase out combustion engines over the next decade or so.
Speaking at his party’s national convention, he told supporters: “I will end the electric vehicle mandate on day one, thereby saving the U.S. auto industry from complete obliteration which is happening right now and saving U.S. customers thousands and thousands of dollars per car.”
He added: “By the way, I’m all for electric, they have their application, but if someone wants to buy a gasoline-powered car or a hybrid they’re going to be able to do it.
“And we’re going to make that change on day one.”
As well as targeting electric cars, Mr. Trump, who was President from 2017 to 2021, said he will also axe support for other green schemes bankrolled by President Biden.
Mr. Trump said: “We will end the ridiculous and actually incredible waste of taxpayer dollars that is fuelling the inflation crisis.
“They’ve spent trillions of dollars on things having to do with the green new scam – it’s a scam.”
Unlike President Biden, Mr. Trump also said he was not opposed to Chinese electric car makers setting up shop in America – so long as they build their factories in the U.S.
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