Trump Repeals California’s EV Mandate, A Victory for American Energy and Consumer Choice
Today marks a victory for common sense and energy freedom.
President Trump has officially signed the repeal of California’s radical electric vehicle (EV) mandate, ending a backdoor effort to ban gasoline-powered cars nationwide. For years, Power The Future has been sounding the alarm about these types of state-driven energy mandates being forced on the rest of America.
Now, thanks to leadership from President Trump and bipartisan majorities in Congress, that threat is finally dead.
As we said in today’s press release:
“This wasn’t just a California rule — it was a back-door federal EV mandate that working families didn’t want,” said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. “This forced mandate drove up prices and was so unpopular that even when Joe Biden’s party controlled Washington, they didn’t try to pass it. The message is simple: Americans don’t want politicians bought by the green agenda telling our families what to buy or what to drive.”
This repeal is exactly the kind of bold action we’ve been calling for in our 2025 Energy Polic Roadmap, and we are proud to see it become reality.
We warned in that Roadmap that the California EV mandate, rubber-stamped by the Biden EPA’s waiver, would effectively become a national EV mandate. Over 11 states had already copied it. The result would have been skyrocketing car prices and fewer choices for working families, especially in rural America where EVs simply aren’t practical.
Thankfully, President Trump and this Congress listened.
This is a huge win for American energy workers, for consumers, and for every family that simply wants the freedom to choose the vehicle that works best for their lives, not one forced by unelected green bureaucrats.
Power The Future applauds this action, and we will keep fighting to ensure no future administration tries to sneak like this back in the door.
June 12, 2025