Toyota & Stellantis Oppose New EPA Exhaust Emissions Rules
and beyond that would require automobile manufacturers to limit carbon dioxide emissions to no more than 82 grams per mile on average across a company’s entire line of light duty cars and trucks by model year 2032 — a 56% reduction from the 2026 target.
The EPA proposal “underestimates key challenges, including the scarcity of minerals to make batteries, the fact that these minerals are not mined or refined in the U.S., the inadequate infrastructure and the high cost of battery electric vehicles,” Toyota said. This is the same company that In its comments, Stellantis said the EPA had an “overly optimistic expectation for EV market growth” and was “assuming a ‘perfect’ transition,” while underestimating challenges such as lagging manufacturing capacity and consumer support. The EPA’s envisioned EV “adoption rate far exceeds what is supported by the policy actions in place and adds significant risk to the automotive industry who must comply with these standards whether these assumptions hold true or not.
Not surprisingly, Tesla is completely comfortable with the proposed EPA exhaust emission rules, since none of the vehicles it manufactures have any exhaust emissions at all. It urged the EPA to move even more aggressively, given “the rapid pace of light duty vehicle electrification.
They have always pushed back against emissions and fuel economy standards. It’s pretty much automatic. If the government is fer ’em, they’re agin ’em. So it’s not surprising they are opposed to this latest round of exhaust emissions standards. It would be startling if they weren’t.
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