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Originally Posted by hotlap

From your reply

1) The way state and federal government works is the Executive Branch (Governor, President) does not make laws. They can direct the legislature to draft legislation,

2) b̶u̶t̶ t̶h̶e̶ l̶e̶g̶i̶s̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ s̶t̶i̶l̶l̶ h̶a̶s̶ t̶o̶ b̶e̶ v̶o̶t̶e̶d̶ o̶n̶ i̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ r̶e̶s̶p̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ l̶e̶g̶i̶s̶l̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶s̶ (̶C̶o̶n̶g̶r̶e̶s̶s̶, s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ l̶e̶g̶i̶s̶l̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶s̶)̶.

3) S̶o̶, b̶o̶t̶t̶o̶m̶ l̶i̶n̶e̶, n̶o̶n̶e̶ o̶f̶ t̶h̶e̶ 2̶0̶3̶5̶ s̶t̶u̶f̶f̶ i̶s̶ e̶n̶f̶o̶r̶c̶e̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ l̶a̶w̶. P̶e̶r̶i̶o̶d̶.

4) So, even though the 2035 Executive Orders are not law, the automakers are not fighting the direction

OK, I can track with that. It is still likely that states will vote in some form of legislation. The automakers are already heading down that path and don't necessarily need the legislation to get there, but the legislation may very well have other things that automakers would not impact directly like funding for charging station infrastructure, incentives for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint, et cetera. There's also the nagging issue of closing loopholes related to sales of used ICE vehicles, including company sponsored CPO and new vehicle purchases brought in from neighboring states.