California skirts Trump, signs mileage deal with 4 automakers

[TexasTowelie]

DETROIT — Four major automakers have reached a deal with California to toughen standards for gas mileage and greenhouse gas emissions, bypassing the Trump administration’s push to relax mileage standards nationwide instead.

Ford, BMW, Honda and Volkswagen signed the deal with the California Air Resources Board, the state’s air pollution regulator, which had been at odds with the Trump administration for months, in a contest that automakers fear could set up years of confusion and litigation in the industry. California has said it would exercise its powers to set more stringent pollution and mileage standards than the federal government has proposed.

The Trump administration reacted strongly to the end run, with Environmental Protection Agency spokesman Michael Abboud calling it a “PR stunt.”

“The federal government, not a single state, should set this standard,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said. The Trump administration would keep going on its competing effort to relax mileage standards nationwide, Deere said.

Read more: https://www.registerguard.com/zz/news/20190725/california-skirts-trump-signs-mileage-deal-with-4-automakers
(Eugene Register Guard)

[Cicada]

1. Way to go Ford, Honda, BMW and VW!

I know VW was vile in its cheating on pollution. Hopefully they will do better. Hopefully electric cars will take over the market. Because electric cars run cool, weigh less and use braking to recharge batteries they use much less energy. And because they are simple they have almost no maintenance costs. Those two huge cost advantages should assure they take over the world.