Trump attacks Ford Motor for not backing fuel economy rollback

[Eugene]

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Source: Reuters

Trump attacks Ford Motor for not backing fuel economy rollback

PUBLISHED WED, AUG 21 2019 9:44 PM EDT UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up a series of attacks on automakers on Wednesday for not backing his administration’s plan to roll back Obama-era fuel efficiency rules, singling out Ford Motor in particular for backing a deal with California for stricter fuel economy standards.

Ford is one of four automakers, along with Honda Motor, BMW AG and Volkswagen AG , that reached a voluntary agreement with California on fuel efficiency rules, defying Trump and his administration’s effort to strip the state of the right to fight climate change by setting its own standards.

The rules under the California plan are looser than the Obama-era regulations but stricter than what the Trump has proposed.

Trump said company founder Henry Ford would be “very disappointed if he saw his modern-day descendants wanting to build a much more expensive car, that is far less safe and doesn’t work as well, because execs don’t want to fight California regulators.”

Ford said in a statement that it is focused on acting to protect the environment while also protecting the affordability of vehicles. “This agreement with California provides regulatory stability while reducing CO2 more than complying with two different standards,” it said.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/22/trump-attacks-ford-motor-for-not-backing-fuel-economy-rollback.html

[underpants]

1. They know what's coming. Trump doesn't know what he said 5 minutes ago

He is stupid and vane.

[Va Lefty]

2. Reoccurring headline--Trump attacks ________

[thegoose]

3. So Dump thinks we should bring back the Model T?

Yeah, that'll work.

[Zambero]

4. Ignorance is not bliss

But ignoring gets close, particularly when the subject being ignored is a bumbling idiot.

[TheRealNorth]

5. So he wants to force automakers to make cars less fuel-efficient??

How fucking stupid can you be. But maybe there is some truth to the conspiracy theory that MBS and the Persian Gulf States also got something over him.