This happened two days ago, but it isn’t being talked about enough. American car makers might only be selling in domestic markets soon.

Specifically, the agency eliminated the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding published during the Obama Administration, thus removing federal greenhouse gas emission standards for all model-year 2012 to 2027 and beyond vehicles, the agency announced via a press release.

“The U.S. ceasing regulation of greenhouse gases is, in fact, unlikely to have a major impact on automaker R&D spending as no other major car market is lowering or eliminating standards, so automakers will still need to invest in technologies to meet those requirements in order to sell outside the U.S.”

It’s not clear how automakers will respond to this deregulation, as they all operate globally and the U.S. accounts for just one, albeit big, market.

Also this is my first post after 3 years here, so let me know if anything needs to be fixed

    • I hope the personal pickup truck market collapses as soon as possible.
    • Slate trucks are very commercial which is great since it limits “luxury” truck buyers, but it would be straight into papa Bezos’s pocket.
    • Hyundai’s ioniq series & the Rivian R3 have been looking amazing, but as you said both are still no where near affordable enough
    • Toyota is also hanging on as hard as possible to combustion engines, holding on to offering hybrids and fuel cell vehicles over BEVs.
    • People are still sticking to the viewpoint that smaller cars are not enough, so manufacturers continue to offer more suvs & crossovers rather than sedans & hatchbacks

    Overall I agree, and I hope things get cheaper when manufacturing keeps becoming more global rather than the manufacturing hubs we currently have.