Trump Administration Attempt to Weaken Clean Cars Standards “a Dead End Road”

“Our clean cars standards are one of America’s biggest environmental success stories. They have saved us money at the gas pump, have inspired the technological innovation that leads to jobs and economic growth, have helped make our air cleaner and safer to breathe, and have helped us address the growing threat of climate change.

“No one in America is eager to buy a car that gets worse gas mileage and spews more pollution from its tailpipe. Automakers like Ford and Honda have said they don’t want the clean cars standards weakened. Designing and building cleaner, more cost-efficient cars is what helped automakers bounce back from the depths of the recession and will be key to America’s global competitiveness in the years ahead. But the Trump administration is still trying to undermine the clean car standards.

“We should be racing toward a cleaner, healthier transportation future. Instead, the Trump administration is steering us onto a dead end road. We have solutions at hand to build the cars of tomorrow. Strong clean cars standards will move us forward.”