The goal of getting the majority of Americans to buy emission-free electric cars over the next decade is a pipe dream, a former executive at three major US automakers said Sunday.
“These rules are way ahead of the public,” Bob Lutz — a former executive at General Motors, Ford and Chrysler — told John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM’s Cats Roundtable. “The American public is not ready for widespread adoption of electric vehicles.”
“We don’t have enough electricity generation infrastructure,” he quipped.
President Biden aims to make electric car purchases up to 60% of all new vehicle sales by 2030 to reduce carbon emissions — and make two out of three sales by 2032.
New York and California both have aggressive regulations to phase out gas-powered cars in favor of electric cars.
Lutz guesses 10% to 12% of drivers may want an electric car.
“Good,” he said. “But the rest still want internal combustion.”
“We don’t have enough electricity generation infrastructure,” Bob Lutz warned.Getty Images
The interior of the Rolls Royce Spectre, the world’s first ultra-luxury all-electric super coupe.Getty Images
“This transition by 2030 will not happen,” he added. “What’s going to happen is … everybody is going to continue to make a lot of internal combustion vehicles, which sell. And they’re going to make electric vehicles, which until now haven’t sold at the rate that everybody wants.”
According to Lutz, “what will happen is that the government … will have to … push back the deadline. Or, if it’s an authoritarian government like China, they’ll just say, ‘You either buy an electric vehicle or you don’t buy a vehicle at all.’
“Well, that might work in China. But it won’t work in the US or Europe. What will happen … is that the deadline will be pushed out and pushed out and pushed out.”
Lutz said Americans should consider buying an electric car and see if they like it.Getty Images
Lutz guesses 10% to 12% of drivers may want an electric car. Mikala Compton/USA TODAY NETWORK
Lutz says Americans should consider buying an electric car and see if they like it — especially if they don’t frequently drive long distances that require pit stops to charge.
“Government fuel economy regulations … cannot be met without large-scale electricity supply. What we are seeing is electrification [adoption] that can happen naturally, as much can be said for electric vehicles. But now, it is forced by the government for environmental reasons,” he said.
Also in the interview, Lutz called former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca the best auto boss he ever had — and praised current GM CEO Mary Barra, who worked under Lutz when he was an executive there.
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