In a development that can surprise no one, the Biden administration is reportedly planning to delay the schedule of its “multi-pollutant emissions standards” rule to force a massive shift to electric vehicles (EVs).

The rule as currently proposed would force an EV market share of 67 percent for new cars and light-duty trucks by 2032, up from 7.6 percent in 2023. The administration is now reportedly planning to slow the rate at which the EV market share would increase through 2030, but with an accelerated pace thereafter.

This EV push is a major part of the Biden climate agenda, and to the deep thinkers in the administration, it is straightforward. “Decarbonize” — a propaganda term — the U.S. economy with a vast array of subsidies, mandates and regulations. Start with the electric power system, a massively expensive attempt to replace conventional generation technologies like gas and coal with wind and solar facilities that are inherently unreliable, high-cost, and plagued with myriad problems, as California, among others, is learning painfully.

However costly, environmentally destructive, and doomed to failure it may be, the intended transformation of the electricity system at least does not depend upon efforts to convince power consumers to buy one form of........

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