Posted on 11/18/2019 12:41:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv
California said on Monday it will halt all purchases of new vehicles for state government fleets from GM, Toyota and Fiat Chrysler and other automakers backing President Donald Trump in a battle to strip the state of authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.
Between 2016 and 2018, California purchased $58.6 million in vehicles from General Motors Corp, $55.8 million from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles $10.6 million from Toyota Motor Corp and $9 million from Nissan Motor Co.
Last month, GM, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and members of the Global Automakers trade association backed the Trump administration's effort to bar California from setting tailpipe standards, which are more rigid than Washington's proposed national standards.
Starting in January, the state will only buy from automakers that recognize California's legal authority to set emissions standards. Those automakers include Ford Motor Co, Honda Motor Co, BMW AG and Volkswagen AG , which struck a deal with California in July to follow revised state vehicle emissions standards...
The state also disclosed it will immediately no longer allow state agencies to buy sedans powered by an internal combustion engine, with exemptions for certain public safety vehicles.
California's vehicle rules have been adopted by 13 other states.
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Sure, and then the lawless butt-pirates in Sacramento will prohibit licensing of such vehicles.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Perhaps they will learn, but it's more likely they'll whine and hold their breath until they turn blue trying to get a do-over, because it's "not fair!"
That's crazy talk. Next you'll say, 'take away their expense accounts'. :^)
I recommend the state vehicle for California be the Trabant 601.
Guess they won’t be buying “parts” for the cars and trucks they already have. Another waste of the remaining taxpayers’ money.
Communism is alive and well in California, from top to bottom. Time for old Andreas Fault to do her thang.
They already have had that. One wedge is the Asian community, since there is nonstop (and illegal) attempts to ignore Prop 209.
It’s too bad Edgar Cayce was just a quack.
I think the relevant phrase is "believe in", not "recognize". I've always wondered why they got away with that. Normally a supporter of state's rights, this to me is an exception, because the cat makers won't tell Kali to pound sand, and they won't make two versions, therefore legislators I can't punish and throw out of office are de facto deciding what I'm allowed to buy and I'm not even in their jurisdiction!
Sadly?? Why should statists have anything good? Ever??
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