Court vacates CARS rule

Subject: CARS Rule and Executive Order
From: Jeff Martin, Chief Executive Officer, NIADA
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Dear Member,

Yesterday the court found that the FTC failed to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in violation of its own regulation thus vacating the CARS rule. I do not expect the FTC, with new chair Andrew Ferguson, to appeal.

On behalf of our more than 13,000 members, we applaud the decision of the court to vacate the onerous CARS rule for the lack of prior notice.

We support transparency and fairness in vehicle sales, which are already heavily regulated without the additional requirements of the CARS rule. We look forward to continuing conversations with the FTC on issues related to our industry. NIADA will continue to advocate on behalf of its members and keep you abreast of issues as they arise.”
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President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Unleashing American Energy.

Here is the specific language from the EO: From Unleashing American Energy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Background. America is blessed with an abundance of energy and natural resources that have historically powered our Nation’s economic prosperity. In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens. These high energy costs devastate American consumers by driving up the cost of transportation, heating, utilities, farming, and manufacturing, while weakening our national security.

It is thus in the national interest to unleash America’s affordable and reliable energy and natural resources. This will restore American prosperity —- including for those men and women who have been forgotten by our economy in recent years. It will also rebuild our Nation’s economic and military security, which will deliver peace through strength.

Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States:

To eliminate the “electric vehicle (EV) mandate” and promote true consumer choice, which is essential for economic growth and innovation, by removing regulatory barriers to motor vehicle access; by ensuring a level regulatory playing field for consumer choice in vehicles; by terminating, where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles; and by considering the elimination of unfair subsidies and other ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions that favor EVs over other technologies and effectively mandate their purchase by individuals, private businesses, and government entities alike by rendering other types of vehicles unaffordable;

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was edited according to CIADA editorial standards and style.