Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an adjunct professor of economics at George Washington University and director of the Center for Energy Climate and Environment at the Heritage Foundation, says, "This is an idea whose time has not yet come."

"Look, this is great technology for people who don't have to drive very far and who have charging stations in their homes," Furchtgott-Roth says. "But for other people, small businessmen, farmers who have to drive hundreds of miles a day, these vehicles do not work. They're not convenient. They're more costly. An F-150 lightning pickup truck costs $26,000 more than the gasoline version. People can't afford those."

The EPA claims the move to EVs will improve everyone's health, especially kids, reducing asthma attacks and heart disease.

But Furchtgott-Roth says Americans will now hang onto their old gasoline-powered cars longer, and that's not safer.  

She also accuses the White House of trying to create a market for EVs that just isn't there.

"The federal government is spending your tax dollars to get manufacturers to make these vehicles and then spending more of your tax dollars to get people to buy them, and they're still not selling," Furchtgott-Roth says. 

Germain says customers and the market should decide, "instead of trying to force a certain technology on customers that may not be ready for it."