Modest GHG Standard Could Enable Auto Support Of Trump Rollback

摘要

The Trump administration's pending final rule rolling back Obama-era vehicle greenhouse gas standards is increasingly expected to require a modest annual improvement in vehicles instead of freezing requirements, a step that could help pave the way for most of the auto manufacturing sector to ultimately support the plan. Preliminary indications of the industry's positioning come as companies representing about two-thirds of the domestic auto market are under heavy fire for supporting the administration's decision to scrap California's unique authority to enforce its own GHG and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) programs. Public discussion has recently mushroomed on the stringency of the forthcoming final rule, though Inside EPA already reported in early September that the administration was shifting away from its proposed freeze of standards after model year 2020 toward a final rule requiring 1.5 percent in yearly improvements.