GM pushes for national electric vehicle program

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last updated 27 October 2018

General Motors on Friday called for a national program modeled on California's zero-emission vehicle sales mandate.

"A single, 50-state solution will help move the U.S. to a leadership position in electrification," said GM CEO Mary Barra. "The stakes are high, and time is short." GM is expanding its fleet of electric cars and would benefit from such a "National Zero Emission Vehicle (NZEV) program."

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Honda has also called for stricter environmental standards for vehicles in the form of rising federal mileage requirements. Both companies' stances put them in opposition to the Trump administration's efforts to roll back Obama-era car regulations and limit the ability of states like California to impose stricter rules within their borders. Automakers prefer a national system so they do not have to adjust their manufacturing standards by state.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.

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