All part of the process. By layering regulation on top of union BS on top of labor/finance/corporate rules and taxes, they’ve made ‘car’ unviable for American manufacturers — there’s no way to make a buck unless it’s large, expensive, and skips the CAFE rules by being a truck/SUV.
Having killed cars, they now argue for rules to kill trucks and SUVs, presumably leaving of course the leftists’ intended option (as always, they only get their way if theirs is the only option) — an electric short-range chipped vehicle that authorities can trace, manage, and shut down at any time for any reason (and will, if you plebes don’t quit with your ‘free will’ and ‘individual’ talk and start parroting what your betters tell you to think!)
“there’s no way to make a buck unless it’s large, expensive, and skips the CAFE rules by being a truck/SUV.”
And there you have it. It’s also explains why the Ford exec is talking out of both sides of his mouth.