Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory
Oct. 25, 2021
Competition and collusion on the road to clean cars
The historic pattern has been for the manufacturers to work together to derail the development of environmental regulations and clean vehicles, rather than compete to curtail emissions.
Rolling back vehicle emissions standards was a top priority for the Trump administration. In 2018, President Donald Trump froze federal fuel economy standards and attempted to revoke California's unique authority under the federal Clean Air Act to adopt standards for vehicle emissions that are more stringent than federal standards. The rollbacks raised the specter of protracted litigation and risked recreating a scenario that many automakers did not want: two systems ...
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