Kelli Pennington

The action will force Americans to burn 849 billion additional gallons of gasoline and diesel through 2055 Washington, DC — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency formalized the rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, eliminating the scientific and legal foundation for federal greenhouse gas standards for motor vehicles. By EPA’s own calculations, Americans will burn 849 billion additional gallons of gasoline and diesel through 2055—but they still argue this will save Americans money.

This is the exact wrong moment for automakers to lose their nerve in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). A decade of consistent growth has culminated in record-breaking EV sales. More than 1.2 million new light-duty EVs were sold through the first three quarters of 2025, higher than any prior year; the EV sales share reached nearly 12% in the third quarter. More broadly, over 7 million EVs were sold from 2015 to September 2025, with more than half occurring in the past 3 years.

With more than 7 million battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles sold in the United States since 2010 and record-breaking annual sales of more than 1.5 million units in 2024, electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer niche. Early 2025 data indicate continued momentum with EV sales in the first 6 months of the year at an all-time high. In other major auto markets like China and Europe, EV sales in the first half of 2025 were up more than 25% over the same period in 2024.