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There will not be as many new inside combustion engine autos accessible in coming years, however there’s nothing within the proposed EPA requirements that outlaws them.
The truth of present automobile emissions expertise, nonetheless, is that barring an unlimited breakthrough in fuel engine expertise, there should be fewer inside combustion engines made every mannequin yr for automakers to adjust to the brand new EPA requirements.
Nonetheless, the plan would depart room for round 5 million new gas-powered vehicles and lightweight vans in 2032.
There sometimes are about 220 million registered passenger autos within the U.S., and about 15 million new passenger autos and lightweight vans are bought every year. If nothing however EVs had been constructed, it could nonetheless take greater than 15 years from the manufacturing of the final inside combustion engine automobile for the U.S. fleet to turn into all-electric.