The U.S. government will finalize plans for a new suite of far less-ambitious automotive emissions standards Monday, capping what the administration has touted as one of the greatest automotive de-regulatory pushes in the nation’s history. That last bit may be accurate, technically speaking, but despite the grandiose language, what it actually means for most car buyers right now is approximately diddly squat. There are two main reasons why. First, the carrot. We live in a complex global economy, and federal emissions standards are only one piece of a much more complex regulatory climate (if you’ll forgive an unintended pun). Something legal at the federal level may still be illegal in…
What the Ongoing ‘Deregulation’ of Auto Emissions Really Means—If Anything
