Automakers are trying to deal with President Trump's efforts to roll back Obama-era fuel efficiency rules.
"My proposal to the politically correct Automobile Companies would lower the average price of a car to consumers by more than $3000, while at the same time making the cars substantially safer," TrumpJeff Alson, a former Environmental Protection Agency staffer who worked on the 2012 fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards, criticized Trump for not factually supporting his claims and ignoring gasoline savings at the pump for consumers.
"It's unbelievable," he told CNBC on Thursday. "There is no economic or common-sense rationale" for the administration's claims that a rollback would save lives. Nonprofit watchdog Consumer Reports earlier this month also disputed Trump's cost increase claim. The a rollback could cost American consumers $460 billion in additional fuel costs in the coming years and could cause a decrease in vehicle sales.Trump and California regulators have been at odds since last August over the state's right to set its own standards. The administration argued that federal law preempts states from doing so.GM and other major automakers have been reluctant to back California's standards.
"Our focus remains on working with all parties on a solution that would involve a 50-state solution and a national electric vehicle program," GM said in a statement.
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