Project 2025, a blueprint for a Republican presidential transition published by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, paints a dire picture of the nation under liberal control.
The auto industry, state regulators, environmental groups and other stakeholders are looking to Project 2025 as a road map for how the incoming administration may change electric vehicle incentives, fuel economy standards, emissions requirements and California's ability to set its own pollution rules.
"Whether it be mask and vaccine mandates, school and business closures, efforts to keep Americans from driving gas cars or using gas stoves, or efforts to defund the police, indoctrinate schoolchildren, alter beloved books, abridge free speech, undermine the colorblind ideal, or deny the biological reality that there are only two sexes, the Left's steady stream of insanity appears to be never-ending," it states on the first page of the first section of the 877-page document.
The authors of Project 2025, including Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an economist and former deputy assistant secretary for research and technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and Thomas F. Gilman, the former CEO of Chrysler Financial, have made an illuminating choice.
They highlight the EV transition alongside conservative talking points on coronavirus restrictions and gender identity.
While President-elect Donald Trump has sought to distance himself from the plan even as he appoints its contributors to key government positions, Project 2025 is a sign of what industry stakeholders already know: EVs have become an animating political issue and — if influential conservatives are successful — will be a priority for this administration.
— Molly Boigon
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