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As Donald In the first week of Trump, the office is approaching and his biggest achievement is what many of us expect, chaos and confusion.
Some of the many executive orders signed by the president threaten democracy and others have been in danger. But others simply print a tweet on paper, signed with black sharps, and guarantees a fictional policy with more sights than what is needed, such as holding them so that the world can see it.
Of course, the problem is that legal scholars know which of Trump’s administrative order will affect the policy at first glance and will be trapped in court for the next few years. Nevertheless, paper sculptures surprise and confuse people. And the confusion will hang while maintaining the actual progress for a meaningful time. Trump’s first attack on a virtual electric vehicle “delegation” is a perfect example of this strategy.
A few hours after the inauguration, Trump signed an enforcement order with the movie title “To raise American energy.” As the title suggests, he briefly explains some new policies about “to release the inexpensive and reliable energy and natural resources of the United States.” This is code: promotes fossil fuels and allows renewable energy conversion.
Trump aimed at EV in several suspicious ways during the first week, but I will focus on one specific thing in this administrative order. This section follows a program that supports the nation’s EV charging infrastructure. 특히 NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure) 공식 프로그램과 2021 년 Joe Biden 대통령의 시그니처 업적 중 하나 인 2021 년 인프라 투자 및 일자리 법 중 하나에서 나온 CFI (Conging and Fueling Infrastructure) 보조금 프로그램을 대상으로합니다. The two programs allocate $ 7.5 billion to build a US charging infrastructure. Trump tries to stop spending in immature funds in the program.
Trump said he would do this in the campaign trail. He falsely insisted that the tank dollar was unnecessary, and his administration argued that “we will redirect money for important projects such as roads, bridges, and dams, and we will not be able to spend a meaningless green new fraud idea.” After Trump issued an administrative order with the goal of the US infrastructure, it was an eye -Runi that he had built roads and legs, stopped paying, and suspended new projects with abundant attention.
The Trump administration issued a memorandum a day later, clarifying that the administrative order applies only to the funds that support the “green New Deal”. . In fact, it is a popular concept, but green New Deal is not real. It is not a law at all. End of this concept is part of the latest party platform of the GOP, which is called “Socialist Green New Deal”.
After Trump promised to freeze the EV charging infrastructure financing on the trail, legal experts explained that they could not actually close these programs. That will violate the Impound Control Act in 1974 to prevent the US president from blocking the appropriate spending. President Trump also promised to abolish the law and to give power to his executive. But he will need parliament to do so.
Trump also requires parliament to close a program that provides funds to EV charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, 22 of the 25 parliamentary districts receiving the Federal Fund for EV manufacturing are represented by the Republican Party. Therefore, actual attacks on the industry can resist the National Assembly and the Senate, which have a large number of Republicans in the National Assembly and the Senate.
Kathy Harris, a clean vehicle, climate and energy director of the Natural Resources Defense Commission, said, “This program is designed to be legally solid, widely supported and tolerate political turbulence. “The investigation is designed to catch the headline, but the reality is more complicated.”
It’s a theater and it’s not new to Trump.
In other words, the fact that Trump decided to attack EV as one of his first acts in the office requires some concerns. He effectively sets the atmosphere of the presidential position, and the tone is hostile to the environment.
In addition to financing for the EV charging infrastructure, Trump withdrew the administrative order of President BIDEN, which required half of all new vehicles sold by 2030. Trump plans to roll back the EPA rules issued last year. As an effort to fight climate change. Trump also wants to end EV subsidies and incentives, including $ 7,500 tax deductions for those who buy new EVs. His administrative order has not done any of these things so far.
The automotive industry doesn’t seem to be too terrible because of credit.
Some companies rolled back a particular plan before Trump’s victory, but Ford canceled the three -row electric SUV in August. There is no doubt about the future that the future will be electricity. It is foolish to bet on fossil fuels at this point. According to Harris, “the US auto industry is not a bubble, and the global automobile industry is moving to this cleaner vehicle.”
Trump leaves herself a pretty big opening here. He does not directly target the US automotive industry by leading the EV charger. This administrative order seems to be applause, and we are waiting to measure the audience’s response before it has a direct impact on ax programs (automakers and buyers) such as tax deductions. And while he was holding the command, the signed tweet, in other words, once again wondering if the actual stakeholders can twist the hats in their hands and actually do so.
It will take a few months, not a few years to find clarity here.
