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

LEAD WITH COST. Cleaner vehicles — whether EVs, hybrids, or highly efficient gas vehicles — cost less to fuel and maintain. EVs alone can save drivers as much as $24,100 over 10 years ($2,400+/year).

CHOICE IS EXPANDING. There are more than 100 EV models on the U.S. market; more than 2 dozen are already priced below the $48,000 average for new vehicles. Battery costs continue to fall.

Rollbacks raise costs. 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.

GAS PRICES ARE VOLATILE. The war in Iran exposed Americans to how uncontrollable international events can spike the price of gasoline. US gasoline prices increased by 50% by the 60th day of the war, punishing families for trying to drive to work or to school.

• Cleaner vehicles save money
• Battery costs continue to fall
• Rollbacks raise long-term costs

TRANSPORTATION IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION in the U.S. Tailpipe pollution causes asthma attacks, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

Research shows that as cleaner vehicle adoption grows in a community, local air pollution drops measurably.

Low-income communities and communities of color bear disproportionate exposure, living closer to high-traffic corridors.

Rolling back vehicle standards means more pollution, more disease, and higher long-term healthcare costs for American families.

SECOND-HAND SMOG IS JUST LIKE SECOND-HAND SMOKE. It’s dirty air created by a source you can’t 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.

• Transportation is the largest source of U.S. air pollution
• Cleaner vehicles measurably lower local pollution
• Low-income communities bear disproportionate exposure

Cleaner vehicles, especially those running on American-made electricity, reduce our dependence on volatile global oil markets.

Every gas price spike hits drivers hardest when they have no alternative. Cleaner, more efficient vehicles are structural insulation against that volatility.

Rolling back cleaner car standards, then facing an oil crisis, leaves American families with no options for relief. That’s the corner the administration has painted us into.

Real energy independence runs through cleaner vehicles, not deeper oil dependence.

• American-made electricity vs. volatile oil markets
• Efficient vehicles insulate drivers from price spikes
• Real independence runs through cleaner vehicles

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.

Every EV and charging station supports workers in manufacturing, construction, and the electrical trades.

China has poured at least $230B+ into EV manufacturing since 2009. Rolling back U.S. clean vehicle policy cedes that global competition.

Clean vehicle standards are an American jobs and economic security issue, not just a climate one.

• ~400,000 U.S. jobs in clean vehicles
• $92B invested in clean manufacturing
• $56B pipeline over past 2 years

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 breathe second hand smog.

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, now 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.

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, tires.

Building obstacles to clean cars is a giveaway to big oil and gas companies who are reporting record profits while Americans suffer.

• Rollbacks lock drivers into higher costs
• Gas prices up 50%+ since war with Iran
• EV obstacles benefit oil & gas record profits