GM, FCA, Hyundai/Kia, Nissan, and Toyota are backing the Trump administration in their suit against the California Air Resources Board. In a filing with the US Court of Appeals in Columbia, they opposed the state’s authority to set independent emissions standards as outlined in the Clean Air Act.
In addition, smaller automakers Subaru and Mazda also joined the Trump administration.
Ford, Honda, and Volkswagen have entered into a voluntary agreement with the State of California to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions at a faster rate than that required by the EPA. Daimler was also expected to join the deal, but withdrew after threats from the Trump administration. These automakers have not joined in the lawsuit on either side.
As an owner of a Toyota hybrid which already far exceeds California’s proposed greenhouse gas emissions requirement for many years in the future, I am extremely disappointed in the company’s totally unnecessary decision to join in this backwards and unlawful position by the Trump administration. I am also disappointed in once leading electrification pioneers Nissan and GM.