Comment by mrunkel
8 years ago
It “helps” automakers. As it stands now, they only build to the California standards since it is too expensive to build two sets of cars.
Until they do away with California’s stricter regulations, the loosening of regulations at the federal level has no effect.
Some California cities used to have some of the worst smog in the world. These regulations and exceptions were put in place to curb that. And considering the trade tariffs on some vehicles the difference could be a wash in terms of margin for car manufacturers. What happens to our clean air?
Oh, I agree. I was simply pointing out that as long California has it's stricter emissions rules, it doesn't matter what the EPA regulates since automakers will build to the California market since it is so large.
If they remove the exception for California, now the weaker EPA rules are what automakers can work towards. This probably saves the auto manufacturer money.
If they Trump administration has a defining principle, it's the removal of regulations.
How many of those are American, though? Loosely regulating American manufacturers only would be more in line with Trump's isolationist tendencies.
You mean the auto makers? Well, the Trump administration isn't beholden to the foreign automakers, and the ones from Europe already have to build to strict engine emission standards.
There is still plenty of money in Ford, Chevy, etc.