if we move too quickly to a fully electrified fleet we could lose 30 of the supplier jobs in this country said ann wilson memas senior vice president of government affairs auto parts manufacturers employ about 560000 people in the united statesby david shepardson washington auto suppliers told us lawmakers on tuesday they opposes setting a firm date to end the sale of new gasolinepowered passenger cars and warned that a quick shift to all electric vehicles could cost thousands of jobs the motor equipment manufacturers association emma which represents more than 1000 vehicle suppliers told a senate commerce subcommittee on transportation that the biden administration should continue to set regulatory requirements that ensure suppliers keep working to improve internal combustion engines advt if we move too quickly to a fully electrified fleet we could lose 30 of the supplier jobs in this country said ann wilson memas senior vice president of government affairs auto parts manufacturers employ about 560000 people in the united states wilson told the panel new gasolinepowered vehicles will likely be on the road for an additional 20 years engines transmissions aftertreatment systems and other parts will simply not be manufactured for battery electric and fuel cell vehicles she said the governors of a dozen us states including california new york massachusetts and north carolina and many us lawmakers have called on president joe biden to back ending sales of new gasolinepowered vehicles by 2035 bidens infrastructure plan seeks 174 billion in spending and tax credits for electric vehicles and charging networks but does not call for phasing out gasolinepowered passenger vehicles california said in september it planned to end sales of new gasolinepowered passenger vehicles by 2035 bidens campaign said last fall he did not support californias phaseout plan last week white house climate adviser gina mccarthy said the administration had not set any specific ev adoption targets were not making any demands right now because this is about basically using the market to generate the kind of reductions we need mccarthy said advt reuters published on apr 28 2021 at 0732 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app us vehicle phaseout cars biden administration emma white house electric vehicles joe biden gasoline homenewsus auto suppliers oppose setting gaspowered phaseout date