Posted on 11/23/2020 12:09:19 PM PST by Alter Kaker
WASHINGTON — General Motors abandoned President Trump’s battle to nullify California’s fuel economy rules meant to curb global warming, the strongest sign yet that corporate America is moving on from Mr. Trump and adapting to an incoming Democratic administration.
The company also signaled that it was ready to work with President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has promised swift action to reduce climate-warming emissions in the auto sector.
“President-elect Biden recently said, ‘I believe that we can own the 21st century car market again by moving to electric vehicles.’ We at General Motors couldn’t agree more,” Mary Barra, the General Motors chief executive, wrote in a letter Monday to leaders of some of the nation’s largest environmental groups.
Ms. Barra said her company, one of the largest automakers in the world, was withdrawing its support for Trump administration litigation that seeks to strip California of its ability to set its own, strict fuel economy standards, and she urged Toyota and Fiat Chrysler to do the same.
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I’m getting more disgusted each passing day. This is not about science and the climate at all
Back to the Good Old Boys network and screw America.
Just setting themselves up for another bailout.
I am not buying a electric car. No..
As Lenin said, the capitalists will sell you the rope to hang them.
As much as I disagree with these ridiculous new emissions rules I believe this to be a states’ rights/Tenth Amendment issue that the federal government had no business interfering with.
Tesla, along with some Utility companies, want to force you to do so via lobbying the government.
GM became a communist company during the Obama regime.
GM = Government Motors
I’m fine with that as long as everything is consistent across the board. Eliminate ALL Federal standards for cars and auto travel — including seat belt requirements, fuel efficiency standards, vehicle crash standards, etc.
I guess I’ll pray for backstabbing, suck ups like GM to go under never to be heard from again! President Trump I’m sure is making a list and checking it twice.......
Yep. Had 7 gm vehicles in a row. When they got into bed with commie obama that was the end of that.
Well duh. You just figured that out?
Let’s play by their rules- IF students don’t have to pay back school loans, then consumers should not have to pay for eco products
I’ll take 3 of these:
https://www.gmc.com/electric-truck/hummer-ev
Isn’t this the one with the corrupt CEO?
No new GM for me.
I will keep vintage stuff.
She was installed by Obama and is the reason I don't buy GM any more.
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