Remove federal electric-vehicle preferences

Project 2025 recommends reversing federal electric-vehicle preferences and resetting fuel-economy policy. Executive Order 14154 directed elimination of the EV mandate, while Public Law 119-21 ended specified vehicle tax credits.

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The new Administration should return fuel-economy regulation to the minimum average levels established in law.

Chapter: 19 · Department of Transportation
Author: Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Department: U.S. Department of Transportation
Printed page: 627–628
PDF page: 659–660
Preview published: August 16, 2026

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Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative PromiseThe Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 Text · p. 627–628