Deputy Transportation Secretary Steven Bradbury on Tuesday slammed the previous administration for coercing the auto industry to transition to electric vehicles en masse by pushing climate-oriented regulations for four years.

The Trump administration official’s comments come on the same day that the $7,500 tax credit for new EVs and the $4,000 credit for used EVs are set to expire.

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Bradbury, citing the Biden-era update to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, spoke on the current administration’s move away from mandatory

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