General Motors proposed nationwide mandate for electric vehicles

General Motors is calling for the Trump administration to require that carmakers regularly increase annual production of battery-powered vehicles.

The Detroit-based company’s proposal, modeled after a California program the Trump administration is seeking to undermine, would mandate that manufacturers garner an escalating percentage of total vehicle sales from automobiles powered by electricity or hydrogen fuel cells. The initial benchmark would be set at 7 percent in 2021 and gradually increase to 25 percent by 2030.