By Jeffrey Quiggle A law passed by Congress and an agency action in California this year included adjustments that will profoundly affect the auto industry in the near future. Major rules regarding electric vehicles were announced in 2022, at both the federal and state levels. As it becomes both more economically feasible as well as politically popular, laws and requirements were inked that will affect the car industry as a whole and consumers of automobiles in the U.S. in the years to come. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 shook up parts of the automobile industry with its final assembly r…