California to spurn automakers who won't follow clean air rules

[TexasTowelie]

Starting immediately, California state agencies will no longer buy gas-powered sedans, officials said Friday. And starting in January, the state will stop purchasing vehicles from carmakers that haven’t agreed to follow California’s clean car rules.

The decision affects General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and multiple other automakers that sided with the Trump administration in the ongoing battle over tailpipe pollution rules. The policy will hit General Motors particularly hard; California spent more than $27 million on passenger vehicles from GM-owned Chevrolet in 2018.

California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom and Department of General Services, the state’s business manager that oversees vehicle purchases for California’s fleet, announced the bans on Friday afternoon. The immediate ban on state purchases of gas-powered cars will include exceptions for public safety vehicles.

“The state is finally making the smart move away from internal combustion engine sedans,” Newsom said in a statement. “Carmakers that have chosen to be on the wrong side of history will be on the losing end of California’s buying power.”

Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/15/california-to-spurn-automakers-who-wont-follow-clean-air-rules/
(San Jose Mercury News)

[tirebiter]

1. That leaves Ford if we buy domestic

VW's got to go with California so they can get back some credibility.

[itsrobert]

4. Domestic*

Maybe owned. Ford does import cars from other countries too, example Mexico. And many Foreign Manufacturers have plants in the US as well. Also, Isn't Tesla a Domestic?

[tirebiter]

6. Point is Ford is the only American automobile producer to comply with California standards

voluntarily. Does that clarify?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Wow, there's some real bite to those regulations!

Good. It's about time, for sure.

[calimary]

3. Use that California muscle, Gavin!

[MichMan]

5. Why were they so specific to mention sedans ?

Does that mean they will continue to buy trucks, SUV and crossovers? Or are they saying that starting immediately, no non electric vehicles of any kind can be purchased by state and local governments?

[tirebiter]

7. Fleet vehicles are usually sedans

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Would be my guess as to why. Ford will have 16 all electric models by 2022, They have an electric Mustang just for show but also an electric suv and an electric F-150 pickup.