The Biden-Harris administration is facing pressure to crack down on car advertisements that misleadingly characterize electric vehicles as “zero-emission” vehicles, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
In a letter sent Wednesday to Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan, four lawmakers led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) urged her to develop guidelines “to limit untruthful claims of zero-emission vehicles.” Ernst—alongside Sens. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho), Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.), and Pete Ricketts (R., Neb.)—noted the British Advertising Standards Authority requires auto companies to make clear in ads that EVs are only zero-emission when being driven.
The lawmakers’ letter further noted that EVs consume a large amount of energy, much of which is powered by fossil fuel sources like natural gas and coal. And they added that mining process for critical minerals required in EV batteries is even more carbon-intensive.
“The Biden-Harris administration’s heavy-handed push for EVs conveniently ignores the environmental impacts these vehicles have,” the four senators wrote in the letter, which was first obtained by the Free Beacon. “The lifecycle of an EV is far from zero-emission.”
“While the president and vice president may wish to mislead the American people, it is the FTC’s duty to protect consumers from false and misleading advertisements,” they continued. “We ask the FTC to investigate how EVs are being advertised and marketed to consumers.”
The letter underscores the ongoing debate surrounding EVs, which Democrats and environmentalists have pushed as part of their climate and decarbonization agenda, despite lackluster demand from consumers. Republicans and energy experts, though, have opposed EV mandates, noting they are generally more expensive, warning that required EV charging infrastructure is far from being built out, and arguing EVs themselves are reliant on fossil fuels for charge. […]
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