Everyone has the right to BREATHE CLEAN AIR.

• By reinstating strong clean vehicle standards, the Biden EPA has created a win-win for consumers and the climate—saving drivers an estimated $2,400 over the lifetime of new vehicles purchased starting in 2026, and generating nationwide savings of $88 billion in reduced fuel and pollution costs by 2040.

• By saving drivers money at the pump, clean vehicle standards allow more dollars to go back into the local economies, which creates jobs and boosts economic growth.

• Automakers’ profit maximization strategies, driven by rising income inequality, are primarily responsible for higher vehicle prices, not clean vehicle standards.

• Everybody saves when their cars are more efficient—but low-income and middle-income people, who spend more of their earnings on transportation, benefit the most.

• Roughly 50,000 people in the United States die every year from pollution generated by the burning of fossil fuels for transportation and energy.

• A March 2022 American Lung Association report found that a nationwide switch to electric cars and trucks and clean electricity could save 110,000 lives and bring $1.2 trillion in public health benefits across the U.S., plus more than $1.7 trillion in climate benefits, over the next 30 years.

• Tailpipe emissions disproportionately impact communities of color. People of color are 3.6 times more likely than white people to live in a county with 3 failing grades for air quality, according to the American Lung Association.

• Due to a long history of racist policies, low-income communities and communities of color are more likely to live in areas near highways and traffic zones, which have higher levels of air pollution.

• Strong EPA regulations and advancements in zero-emission vehicle technology are critical in protecting communities overburdened by air pollution.

• The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

• According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, deep decarbonization of the transportation sector, in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, will require about half of new vehicles to be zero-emissions by 2030.

• Clean vehicle standards are important and effective safeguards for fighting the climate crisis, which is a threat multiplier that puts humanity’s health at further risk.

• The last round of clean car standards spurred demand for advanced technology, and by 2030, will create an estimated 650,000 jobs throughout the U.S., including 50,000 in light-duty vehicle manufacturing jobs, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.

• States that want to keep their economies strong should continue to develop clear-car technology as the global market shifts to more efficient and all-electric vehicles. 

• An analysis by U.C. Berkeley found that a transition to 100% electric vehicle sales by 2035 would support a net increase of over 2 million jobs.

• Investors with over $2.7 trillion in total assets under management, as well as more than 80 companies with a combined $1.3 trillion in annual revenue have called for for strong clean vehicle standards.

• Strong clean vehicle standards enhance the global competitiveness of the U.S. auto industry, providing regulatory certainty, needed to spur innovation, boost manufacturing and job growth, and attract advanced vehicle technology investment to the U.S.

• Most world governments, representing roughly three-quarters of the global light-duty vehicle market, have committed to phasing out gasoline and diesel cars and trucks.

• Our nation's transportation sector becomes less vulnerable on fossil fuel price swings and the global oil market, as the nation implements policies that increase investments in clean transportation and fuel sources.