SEMA Petitions Trump To Torpedo Biden’s EV Mandate

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) sent an official open letter to President-elect Trump yesterday, petitioning him to do away with the EV mandates established by the Biden Administration. That has ignited debate yet again about consumer choice, environmental responsibility, and more.

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In that letter, SEMA expresses gratitude that Trump’s return to office could result in “much needed regulatory relief and support for small businesses.” That’s the cold, hard truth about heavy government regulations: big corporations can navigate them while smaller businesses struggle to navigate the complexity.

Perhaps that’s why so many who work for large automotive corporations are all for EV mandates and other heavy-handed regulations? It gives them an inherent advantage instead of the playing field being level.

Later in the letter, SEMA points out that Trump campaigned on rolling back Biden’s EV mandates, expounding upon the economic harm they will inflict. The organization lauds the incoming president for his “technology-neutral policies” which allow consumers to choose what they feel suits them best.

President-elect Trump has already pledged that on his first day in office he will do away with the EV mandates. It seems SEMA and others are going to make sure he does just that.

There are of course those in the auto industry who would love to see all consumers in the US forced to buy electric vehicles moving forward. Some have even fantasized about government authorities going door-to-door hunting down all internal combustion engines, destroying them, all in a quest to save the planet.

These EV mandates aren’t good for the development of better electric cars. If consumers have to buy them, automakers have less incentive to design better models and improve technologies. By keeping the market free, EV enthusiasts also win.

There are other authoritarian tendencies in the auto industry which also need to be struck down by the incoming administration. One of those is the right to repair. So many automakers are trying to keep vehicle owners and independent shops from fixing their rides, using everything from arguments about security to copyright law to ensure consumers have to go to a dealership service department.

It’s time to end these and other practices designed to crush the little guy in the auto industry. Using government regulations to create a playing field that favors big businesses over smaller ones is inherently unfair and anti-American.

Here’s to hoping a real change car people can believe in is coming in the near future!

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