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Carmakers withdraw support for Trump plan to bar California emissions rules
Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and others align with Biden administration’s cleaner cars initiative
03 February 2021 - 09:45
Washington — Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and other carmakers said on Tuesday that they were joining General Motors in abandoning support for former President Donald Trump’s effort to bar California from setting its own zero emission vehicle rules.
The carmakers, which also included Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, Mitsubishi Motors, Mazda Motor and Subaru, said in a joint statement they were withdrawing from a legal challenge to California’s emission-setting powers, “in a gesture of good faith and to find a constructive path forward” with President Joe Biden...
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