Automakers make move as gesture of good faith, to find a constructive path forward by David Shepardson
SHARE STORY President Donald Trump arrives for a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Washington. Patrick Semansky / Associated Press
Toyota, Stellantis and other major automakers said on February 2 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 automakers, which also included Hyundai, Kia, Mitsubishi, Mazda and Subaru, said in a joint statement they were withdrawing from an ongoing 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.
NADA philanthropy continues with food bank donation
Screenshot from: Second Harvest Food Bank of New Orleans. Wednesday, Feb. 03, 2021, 03:12 PM By Auto Remarketing Staff TYSONS, Va. -
The National Automobile Dealers Association for several years has kept a tradition of making a philanthropic donation to a local organization in the city where its NADA Show takes place. Last year, for example, NADA donated $50,000 to the Nellis Support Team in Las Vegas.
That nonprofit organization supports airmen and their families at Nellis Air Force Base, Creech Air Force Base and Nevada Test and Training Range.
This year, even though the pandemic kept NADA from hosting its annual conference in person NADA Show 2021, originally scheduled for January in New Orleans, will instead stream live online next week the association said it wants to keep that yearly NADA Show donation tradition.
By Auto Remarketing Staff WHITESTONE, N.Y. -
Bob Vail of Vail Buick GMC has been elected to the National Automobile Dealers Association’s executive committee as vice-chairman, region I.
A former chair of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, or GNYADA, Vail will represent the Greater New York region’s auto dealers. Those dealers represent a collective $53 billion economic impact and support more than 72,000 jobs in New York City, Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley.
Vail is also now responsible for bringing together eastern U.S. industry leaders to speak with a strong collective voice, GNYADA said.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which is now part of Stellantis, along with Toyota and Subaru are joining General Motors in dropping their support for the former Trump administration’s fight against California over emissions standards.
The automakers are part of a group, which includes Hyundai/Kia, Mazda and the National Automobile Dealers Association, announcing the change of heart Tuesday as the Biden administration resets national priorities on the environment and other issues.
The new administration s approach to addressing climate change concerns is a dramatic departure from Trump’s team, which had actively worked to roll back Obama-era emissions and fuel standards. Automakers who had supported Trump s efforts in this area received stiff criticism from environmental groups and California officials.
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Nicolas Loris, an economist, focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues as the Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.
On Day One of his presidency, President Joe Biden started to reverse course on U.S. energy and environmental policy with a slew of executive orders. His decisions to reenter the Paris Agreement and cancel the Keystone XL pipeline received much attention.
But his order telling his agencies to review the Trump administration’s fuel economy mandates drew scant notice. If the new administration ratchets up those standards, it will spell bad news for consumers.