16. Department of the Interior · Major · Needs Congress

End federal mandates and subsidies for electric vehicles

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“End federal mandates and subsidies of electric vehicles.”

What has happened

Feb 18, 2026 Done
EPA's final rule rescinded the 2009 greenhouse-gas endangerment finding and repealed all federal motor-vehicle GHG emission standards (effective 2026-04-20), ending the federal regulatory driver for EV sales; NHTSA had reset CAFE enforcement in June 2025 and proposed lower standards in December 2025. Petitions for review are pending in the D.C. Circuit; no stay found.
- EPA final rule: Rescission of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Under the Clean Air Act
  Primary Executive branch Feb 18, 2026
- NHTSA rule: Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program
  Primary Executive branch Jun 11, 2025
- NHTSA proposed rule: The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031
  Primary Executive branch Dec 5, 2025
Jul 4, 2025 Partially done
Public Law 119-21 §§70501–70504 terminated the new and used clean-vehicle credits (IRC §§30D and 25E) for vehicles acquired after September 30, 2025, the commercial clean-vehicle credit and the alternative-fuel refueling property credit — the main federal EV subsidies.
- Public Law 119-21 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (§§70501–70504, termination of clean vehicle credits)
  Primary Congress Jul 4, 2025
Jun 12, 2025 Partially done
Congress used the Congressional Review Act to void EPA's waivers for California's Advanced Clean Cars II (the 2035 zero-emission sales rule), Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus Low-NOx standards — Public Laws 119-15, 119-16 and 119-17 — removing the state-level EV sales mandate that a dozen states had adopted.
- Public Law 119-16 — Congressional disapproval of EPA's waiver for California's Advanced Clean Cars II standards
  Primary Congress Jun 12, 2025
- Public Law 119-15 — Congressional disapproval of EPA's waiver for California's Advanced Clean Trucks and related heavy-duty standards
  Primary Congress Jun 12, 2025
- Public Law 119-17 — Congressional disapproval of EPA's waiver for California's Omnibus Low-NOx regulation
  Primary Congress Jun 12, 2025
Jan 20, 2025 Attempted
Executive Order 14154 §2(e) declared the policy of 'eliminating the electric vehicle (EV) mandate', ordered agencies to end regulatory preferences for EVs, and paused disbursement of IIJA/IRA EV-charging funds; no mandate or subsidy had yet been repealed.
- Executive Order 14154 — Unleashing American Energy (§2(e), eliminating the EV mandate; §7, pausing EV-charging funds)
  Primary Executive branch Jan 20, 2025
- Unleashing American Energy (Executive Order 14154)
  Primary Executive branch Jan 20, 2025

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

Litigation over the endangerment-finding rescission (petitions filed in the D.C. Circuit from 2026-02-18 by environmental groups and on 2026-03-19 by 25 states) is described on Earthjustice and law-firm pages (off the allowlist). Briefing was under way in August 2026; no stay of the rule was found. If the court vacates or stays it, the Status would move to blocked or reversed.
The CRA resolutions themselves are challenged by California (State of California v. United States is not among the federal court dockets we keep and search, from CourtListener; not searched further). Leads only.
The SAFE III CAFE final rule was not found among the federal records we keep and search as of 2026-08-26.

Action: eliminate
Object: Federal electric vehicle mandates and subsidies
ID: 1524