As EPA Preps Waiver, Industry Attacks ‘Unachievable’ California ZEV Rules

Auto manufacturers are stepping up their attacks on California’s latest round of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate rules that have been adopted by 11 other “section 177” states, signaling that industry will be pressing courts and the incoming Trump administration to defeat EPA’s imminent expected approval of a preemption waiver for the rules. “The California/177 states are telling automakers what kind of vehicles to sell under a program that is an unaccountable, unachievable regulatory wormhole,” states a Dec. 11 memo released...