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Bernie Moreno: “I suggest that we free CAFE standards for at least a decade.”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno on economic, social policies and electric vehicles

Published December 7, 2023 | Video Starts at 03:19

But the reality is, what the marketplace is telling us is pretty clearly is they're not ready to adopt electric cars at the scale that the government's mandating. So they should back off the incentives, back off the mandate. I suggest that we free CAFE standards for at least a decade. let the marketplace adjust, let the car companies get the proper read of what is the market share percentage that's appropriate, and then let's see how technology evolves naturally. (03:19–03:24)

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