Auto Official Urges EPA Against Undoing California Vehicle GHG Authority

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An official with a major automaker trade group says the industry would "not prefer" EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to finalize their proposal to preempt California's authority to regulate vehicle greenhouse gases, and is instead renewing the sector's call for Trump officials to strike a deal with the state. If the agencies follow through with their threat to revoke California's authority to enforce its GHG rules and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales mandate, "we'd have a ping pong in policy as the White House changes hands. That's not good for the industry," said Charlie Haake, the assistant general counsel of the Association of Global Automakers, warning of years of potential uncertainty over vehicle emissions standards. Speaking during an Aug. 23 call on the agencies' plan to roll back Obama-era GHG and fuel economy standards hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA), Haake added that such a move would result in "prolonged litigation and uncertainty, which again is also not good for the industry. We do not prefer this path" to maintaining the "One National Program" that seeks to harmonize EPA, NHTSA and California's vehicle rules.