"Along with Toyota and Fiat Chrysler, the auto giant backed the administration in its clash with California over pollution standards."
"Breaking with some of their biggest rivals, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota said Monday they were intervening on the side of the Trump administration in an escalating battle with California over fuel economy standards for automobiles.
Their decision pits them and others against leading competitors, including Honda and Ford, who this year reached a deal to follow California’s stricter rules. It represents the latest twist in one of the Trump administration’s most consequential rollbacks of regulations designed to fight climate change. It has also opened a striking rift among the biggest automakers in the world — the very industrial giants that the Trump administration maintains it was trying to help with regulatory relief.
The Trump administration has proposed a major weakening of federal auto emissions standards set during the Obama administration, prompting California to declare that it will go its own course and keep enforcing the earlier, stricter standards."
Hiroko Tabuchi reports for the New York Times October 28, 2019.
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