Industry May Use Federal Vehicle GHG Plan To Soften Strict California Rules

摘要

California's plan to finalize this year new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for model year 2017-2025 vehicles is raising the potential that automakers could try to soften the rules-if they find them too stringent- through a federal rulemakine process that will unfold next year.rnWhile California and federal officials are working to outline a plan in September for a cohesive national strategy for a second set of vehicle GHG standards, the fact that the federal government will not adopt those requirements until 2012-two years after California intends to issue its rules-sets up the possibility for intense negotiating and lobbying by the auto industry throughout next year, sources say.