Our love of cars and driving is undeniable. Central to that relationship is the freedom to drive whatever you want, wherever you want.

Cleaner cars and trucks are the next chapter in that story. They save drivers money, protect our air, water, and health, create American jobs, and strengthen our energy independence.

The freedom to drive is about having more vehicle choices, lower fuel costs, cleaner air, and home grown energy. It is not forcing us to use 19th century car technology and an equally dated, dirty and wildly expensive fuel source, or requiring more highways, construction detours, or thousands of dollars in tolls. The freedom to drive is about embracing new, innovative and clean vehicle options and giving every American a choice in how they drive, live, work and travel.

Saving You Money

It’s true. Cleaner cars save you money. Cleaner vehicles — whether EVs, hybrids, or highly efficient gas vehicles — cost less to fuel and maintain. That’s just a fact. EVs alone can save drivers as much as $24,100 over 10 years ($2,400+/year) in driving costs.

It’s true. Cleaner cars are affordable. There are nearly 100 hybrid models and more than 100 EV models on the U.S. market; nearly 2 dozen are already more affordable than new cars that have an average price of nearly $50,000. Battery costs (the most expensive part of the vehicle) continue to fall while delivering more range and efficiency.

It’s true. Eliminating clean vehicle standards costs YOU more. Weakening fuel economy and tailpipe pollution standards makes the next generation of vehicles more expensive to fuel, maintain, and repair — at exactly the wrong time for working families.

It’s true. Gas prices are volatile. The war in Iran is a painful reminder for Americans that uncontrollable international events (like wars) can spike the price of gasoline, unexpectedly and for long periods of time. US gasoline prices increased by 50% by the 60th day of the war with Iran, punishing families for just trying to drive to work or to school.

Cleaner cars save you money
Cleaner cars are affordable
Eliminating standards costs YOU more
Gas prices are volatile

Clean Air and Better Health

It’s true. Tailpipe pollution makes us sick. Transportation is the largest source of air pollution in the U.S. Tailpipe pollution causes asthma attacks, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

It’s true. Less tailpipe pollution means cleaner air. Research shows that as cleaner vehicle adoption grows in a community, local air pollution drops measurably.

It’s true. Tailpipe pollution has disparate impacts on people. Low-income communities and communities of color bear disproportionate exposure, living closer to high-traffic corridors. Rolling back vehicle tailpipe pollution protections and limiting consumer vehicle options means more pollution, more disease, and higher long-term healthcare costs for American families.

It’s true. Second-hand smog is just like second-hand smoke. It’s dirty air created by a source you cant control. It used to be cigarettes. Now, second-hand smog comes from cars, trucks, buses, rigs, power plants and other sources. They pollute the air, and you are forced to breathe it.

Tailpipe pollution makes us sick
Less tailpipe pollution means cleaner air
Tailpipe pollution has disparate impacts on people
Second-hand smog is just like second-hand smoke

Energy Independence and Stability

It’s true. Cleaner cars are safer from global oil disruptions. Cleaner vehicles, especially those running on American-made electricity, reduce our dependence on volatile global oil markets.

It’s true. Clean cars are protected from high gas prices. Every gas price spike hits drivers hardest when they have no alternative. Cleaner, more efficient vehicles are structural insulation against that volatility.

It’s true. American drivers like you are paying more now than last year. Rolling back cleaner car standards, then facing an oil crisis, leaves American families with fewer options for relief. That’s the corner the administration has painted us into.

It’s true. Cleaner cars enhance our economic and energy independence. Real energy independence runs through cleaner vehicles, not deeper oil dependence.

Cleaner cars are safer from global oil disruptions
Clean cars are protected from high gas prices
Drivers are paying more now than last year
Cleaner cars enhance our economic and energy independence

American Jobs & Opportunity

It’s true. Cleaner cars means more American jobs. The clean vehicle industry has created nearly 400,000 American jobs. It has invested $92 billion in clean energy manufacturing projects, with a $56 billion pipeline of new manufacturing projects over the past 2 years.

It’s true. Electric vehicle infrastructure creates good jobs. Every EV and charging station supports workers in manufacturing, construction, and the electrical trades.

It’s true. China’s EV dominance threatens our economic security. China has poured at least $230B+ into EV manufacturing since 2009. Rolling back U.S. clean vehicle policy cedes that global competition.

It’s true. Cleaner cars protect America. Clean vehicle standards are an American jobs and economic security issue, in addition to being good for our health and environment.

Cleaner cars means more American jobs
EV infrastructure creates good jobs
China’s EV dominance threatens our economic security
Cleaner cars protect America

Losing Your Freedom to Drive

It’s true. Cleaner cars mean more freedom for you. Rolling back clean vehicle standards doesn’t protect freedom. It limits it, by locking drivers into higher costs and communities into dirtier air, forcing people to breath second hand smog.

It’s true. Without cleaner cars, you will pay more. Blocking cleaner cars from the market is a punch in the wallet for American consumers. Gas prices have spiked more than 50% since Trump started his war with Iran, approaching $5 for a gallon of gasoline. His anti–clean cars policies force Americans to buy inefficient cars, driving up fuel costs when prices are already out of control.

It’s true. Fewer vehicle options will cost you more. Electric vehicles cost less to operate and maintain, and are not subject to volatile gas prices, but recent policies make buying an EV harder. That raises costs for drivers on fuel, oil changes, maintenance, and tires.

It’s true. Big oil wins, and you lose, without cleaner cars. Building obstacles to clean cars is a giveaway to big oil and gas companies who are reporting soaring profits while Americans suffer.

Cleaner cars mean more freedom for you
Without cleaner cars, you will pay more
Fewer vehicle options will cost you more
Big oil wins, and you lose, without cleaner cars