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.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
Yes and its because of the huge market size they are able to bully the nation and force car makers that can be sold in Ca. so the Ca standards become the national standards because car makers cant practically make two versions of their car lines. The big problem is the standards Obongo imposed on his way out the door required suspending the laws of physics.
The gas has been there for millenia .it will wait.
When the political winds shift and NY goes Republican again, the governor and legislature can make a killing by allowing drilling. The economy will prosper and natural gas prices will drop like a rock.
[[[When the political winds shift and NY goes Republican again]]]
Not in our lifetimes.
Heh... Cali will require manufacturers to include not only GPS, but also a remote kill switch. No more OJ low speed SUV chases — the vehicle just konks out completely, and you can emerge with your hands on the top of your head, or try to run away on foot.
Exactly — they want no fracking. It’s not about saving the Earth (because it won’t do any such thing) or air pollution — it’s all about getting the boot on the necks and never letting them up.
It would be much more practical and cheaper to offer free, mass transportation to anyone who wants to relocate to California — Cloward-Piven in action, with the crosshairs on Newsom and the rest of that pack of rats.
Explicit retaliation against companies for exercising their constitutional right to advocate for a public policy position? That’s got to be unconstitutional. It should be struck down promptly.
In truth, California has already left the union by force of action to nullify federal law.
they will leave by executive order withdrawing statehood and establishing the territory of California. As a territory California has no congressmen or senators of federal judges
Imagine a million of these in bumper to bumper traffic on the I-5.
At least Ford didn’t take the obama bailout like Chevy, who never paid it back.
Note to Ford: Raise your prices 30% to all CA government entities.
Yes, but if you have the votes, you can do whatever you want. /sarc.
“So no Suburbans for the Governor?
And please don’t think for a moment that he enjoys traveling in a Suburban. In fact such travel is quite unpleasant for him. It is a sacrifice he is willing to make for the people of his state.
At $3+ trillion it’s over 1/7th of US GDP of $20+ trillion.
Right behind Germany, and just before the UK.
And probably the most diverse economy in the nation as it’s also #1 in agriculture. And #1 in manufacturing.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/california-third-world-state-corruption-crime-infrastructure/
Used to be fully 1/5th of the US economy. Slippin’
Used to be fully 1/5th of the US economy. Slippin’
Ford has been too busy brown nosing California and turning an iconic nameplate into an EV.
Who the h*ll wants a crossover Mach E! Mustang?
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