Fred Krupp:
Well, the — pending in Congress is also provisions of Senator Wyden's Clean Energy for America Act that has plenty of consumer incentives. And we're supportive of that, too. So other things have to happen.
But the president's order saying EPA should immediately begin work on those rules, I take that seriously. And the fact is that the three — Big Three auto companies are going to invest. They have announced investments of $100 billion.
Why? Because these are the cars consumers now want. They're just fun to drive. They perform better. My three-year-old electric car, I haven't had to have maintenance. I'm saving thousands of dollars on gasoline. Americans are going to love not having to go to gas stations. Electricity cost half as much to drive.
On the Ford F-150 Lightning, there's 100,000 people on waiting lists to get it. The Mustang electric car is outselling the internal combustion engine version. GM has announced electric school buses. Why? Because these are the cars consumers want.
The real question is, are we going to make them here or be importing them from Germany and China? There are an awful lot of people at the White House today that would be rather — would rather be driving cars made in Michigan, in Georgia and Texas, and not importing them from Germany and Asia.
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