February21,2019
The Trump administration and the California state government have stopped discussing about the emission standards for vehicle. The relevant plan was set up by the former Obama government. During their term, the emission standard should be automatically getting stricter year by year from 2017 to 2025. The Auto alliance automakers asked Trump to reconsider when Trump took office. The Trump administration agreed that new regulations would be introduced in the second half of this year. And now it was expected to slow down the emission standards.
Stanley Young, a spokesperson for the California Air Resources Board, said the two sides had no consensus on this issue, and they could not even say that they were "negotiating." He said that the government refused to communicate, did not respond since the end of last year, and did not propose any compromise. There is no comment from the Environment Protection Agency. But the Department of Transportation has raised questions about the White House.
So far, the California government has filed more than 30 lawsuits against the Trump administration, including the Trump administration's erroneous decision on emission standards and compensation for the cancellation of the California high-speed rail system due to the president's national emergency notice.
Dan Becker, fully supporting the California position, said that since 1970 California regulators have considerable authority on this issue, and 13 states other than California have applied their standards. The senator, Tom Carper also advice to negotiate sincerely. Litigation is not the best, which is a waste of time and money and brings uncertainty to automakers.
The president of the automotive industry, Ford, also said that the automotive industry needs regulatory certainty, and the government must support the development of new technologies to achieve carbon reduction. Toyota Motor Corp. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles also expressed support for a fuel economy that would be improving year by year. Honda said that all parties should continue to work hard to avoid unnecessary costs and complexity in the future.