While Ford previously endorsed stricter emissions and fuel economy standards during the Biden administration, that hasn’t necessarily been the case with one of the lobby groups that represents it and its peers – the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI). In fact, earlier this year, that group threw its support behind the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to revisit Biden-era emissions rules, calling for a more “balanced approach” more in line with consumer demand that also keeps costs in check.
As Ford Authority reported in July, the EPA previously announced that it plans to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which officially declared greenhouse gasses as a danger to human life. The kicker here is that this rule enables the EPA to place limits on the pollutants emitted by vehicles, so if it goes away, such a move would remove tailpipe emissions standards for automakers. A couple of weeks later, Ford CEO Jim Farley supported the move, noting that it would give the automaker “greater powertrain optionality and reduce our need to buy CO2 credits.”
Now, according to Reuters, AAI has asked the EPA to roll back vehicle emissions limits, which it says are forcing automakers to build more electric vehicles. “The 2027 and later standards are simply not achievable in light of significant market, charging infrastructure, supply chain, affordability, and other challenges as well as recent policy changes enacted,” the group said. It added that these standards “still need to be revised to feasible levels to provide certainty for the industry. Such a contingency plan will be critical if motor vehicle GHG standards are retained or reinstated in some way.”
If the EPA’s current proposal is finalized, it would remove all greenhouse gas standards for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines, starting with the first greenhouse gas rule set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles and in 2011 for medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and engines – which includes off-cycle credits like automatic engine start-stop.
The team is switching back to Ford after being with GM for 15 years.
A growing problem in more than one country.
The plant isn't open yet, but it's already paying taxes and hiring workers.
Feeding power back to the grid in exchange for financial rewards.
Workers voted to join the union last month.
It's already testing that tech on the race track.
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So what. We've been down this road before...like that...thought you would. Companies have already made investments, and many of them quite significant in alternatives which increase milage, and reduce emissions. They are not all of the sudden going to toss billions out the window because Trump rolls back standards. They may provide some temporary relief, but the writings been on the wall for sometime now. Even the dinosaurs will tell you that.
Congress needs to get involved and stop the whiplash so when a Democrat administration gets in office it doesn’t revert back to unrealistic regulations
Here’s an idea that won’t offend anyone: let’s all just drive what we want and can afford!
That we can afford?! That is patently Un'merican, sir. Living within our means is unacceptable to the credit and debt gods. Besides, if we don't keep up with the Jones' how are we supposed to look into the eyes of people we don't even know and/or care about, yet seek the approval of?