Americans Are Finally Falling In Love With Hybrids — Good Sign For EVs Or Disaster?
Sales of ordinary hybrids are exploding. Should we be happy about that?
Sales of ordinary hybrids are exploding. Should we be happy about that?
Ford has sent a letter to the heads of other car companies encouraging them to drop their resistance to tougher exhaust emissions and join together to accept the current regulations put in place by CARB.
General Motors has done a complete about face and decided to support the agreement Ford, Honda, BMW, Volkswagen, and Volvo struck with the state of California on vehicle emissions earlier this year.
California and several other states have sued to block new exhaust emissions rules while the 9th Circuit has ruled that suits against fossil fuel companies should be heard in state courts.
Larry Hutchinson, head of Toyota Canada, told an audience last week that governments should stop telling car companies what to build and let them decide what cars will do the most to lower carbon emissions and appeal to consumers.
“Oh, woe! Alas, alack! Please, Mr. Trump, don’t roll back auto emissions rules too much, sir. Just a little bit. That’s all we’re asking.” That’s the message US automakers are sending to Washington these days as the Trump maladministration prepares to release new exhaust emission rules that will take this once great nation back to the heady days when you could smell unburned hydrocarbons pouring from the tailpipe of the car in front of you.
The Trump maladministration has refused to enter into good faith negotiations with the states to resolve the dispute about auto emissions. What comes next? Retribution, Trump style.