The House of Representatives has approved a joint resolution that would do away with the Environmental Protection Agency’s tailpipe emissions standards, which Republicans have criticized as amounting to an electric vehicle mandate.

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the Biden administration's tailpipe emissions rule on Friday. In March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rule on the sale of electronic vehicles, or EVs, that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut global-warming emissions from cars.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted narrowly to repeal clean vehicle rules adopted in March to cut fleetwide tailpipe emissions by 50% over 2026 levels by 2032. House Republicans said the Environmental Protection Agency's final regulation would effectively push gas-powered vehicles out of the U.