US Auto Lobby Chief Asks Trump to Ease Fuel-Efficiency Rules
- Trump administration expected to cut fuel emissions standards
- Bozzella calls out ‘unfair competition’ with China on EVs
The Trump administration is likely to also target California’s right to set tougher gas mileage rules than the federal government in order to limit pollution in its state.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergAn auto trade group asked US President-Elect Donald Trump to ease requirements on making vehicles more fuel efficient and to protect the industry from “unfair” practices by China.
John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which lobbies for most major automakers such as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., Stellantis NV, Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., said in a letter to Trump that was made public on Thursday that automakers are facing “headwinds” such as “unfair competition from heavily subsidized electric vehicles and technologies imported from China.”