Biden Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to EVshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/climate/biden-epa-auto-emissions.html
"The change to planned rules was an election-year concession to labor unions and auto executives, according to people familiar with the plan."
I read another report on the story that one of the issues unions have is that EVs require fewer workers to put together. Interesting intersection of base political interests, eh?