U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday took aim at electric vehicles, revoking a 2021 executive order signed by his predecessor Joe Biden that sought to ensure half of all new vehicles sold in the United States by 2030 were electric.

America’s 47 th president, Donald J. Trump, has wasted no time wielding his powers on the automotive industry, signing an executive order to scrap Joe Biden’s EV “mandate” shortly after his inauguration. While no such mandate exists, Trump will scrap several pro-EV policies and pull funding from electric vehicle charging networks.

President Donald Trump on Monday revoked a 2021 executive order signed by his predecessor Joe Biden that sought to ensure half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 were electric. The 50% target, which was not legally binding,

President Trump revoked the executive order signed by former President Biden in 2021 that ensure 50% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. would be electric by 2030. In his inauguration speech, President Trump decided to undo what he labeled as the electric vehicle mandate to save the U.