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> California has a great amount of leverage in emissions standards California can set their own standards but that is not really "leverage." Every manufacture
by saas_co_de 9y ago
> California has a great amount of leverage in emissions standards
California can set their own standards but that is not really "leverage."
Every manufacturer already has all of the tech to meet the higher CAFE standards because they all sell in Europe which has even higher standards for a long time.
Manufacturers like big heavy fast gas guzzlers because they sell the best and make the most profit. They don't like fuel standards because they reduce profits, but if some jurisdiction puts in place fuel standards they have no problem building cars that meet them.
Increasing fuel standards are horrible for sales though because from a consumer perspective the new cars are worse than the old ones. Not exactly a great sales pitch.
- abawany 9y agoAlso, there have been rumblings of taking away California's power to legislate their own standards [1]. It is unfortunately clear to me that the penalty for people not voting the 'right' way will be high, whether it is in terms of tax burdens (SALT deductions limit), off-shore drilling (Florida exempted but not California), and emissions standards. Edit: 2018 elections can't get here soon enough, starting with the primaries next month. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-california-clean-air-act-waiver-climate-change/518649/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-ca...
- FireBeyond 9y agoYeah, "State rights! (unless inconvenient to our ideology!)"