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In reply to the discussion: General Motors Sides With Trump in Emissions Battle, Splitting the Industry [View all]MichMan
(11,929 posts)27. Perhaps given customer preferences towards trucks and SUV and the current price of gasoline
General Motors doesn't believe that their customers will buy enough electric cars to meet those standards resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in fines to the automaker.
Also, the UAW was pretty adamant in the recently settled strike that GM produce all internal combustion vehicles in the US.
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BumRushDaShow
Oct 2019
OP
I am driving one right now. I will never buy another automobile from them ever.
onecaliberal
Oct 2019
#47
Luck of the draw I guess ... I've had 3 cars since 1991 ... all Acura's ... 0 serious issues w/any
mr_lebowski
Oct 2019
#57
Awesome, show that forward thinking that required us to bail y'all out the 1st time.
Afromania
Oct 2019
#5
So what are they saying, they don't have the smarts to meet the standards that Honda, Ford,
still_one
Oct 2019
#6
For them it is a business decision. For some I suspect they believe they can garner favor from
still_one
Oct 2019
#11
This year Ford is releasing both Escape and Explorer hybrid, and first quarter of
still_one
Oct 2019
#24
They put the Volt on the chopping block. End of the line for that model. Whether they will
still_one
Oct 2019
#26
I would never buy a government motors car anyway but will not touch any auto product
yaesu
Oct 2019
#19
Perhaps given customer preferences towards trucks and SUV and the current price of gasoline
MichMan
Oct 2019
#27
This is the problem I think, some folks tend to fly off the handle and don't understand
still_one
Oct 2019
#36
Stupid long term move. The world will not want, nor need, inefficient gas guzzling cars.
Freethinker65
Oct 2019
#53
So Obama saves GM with a bailout, over the objections of the Republicans at the time
LiberalLovinLug
Oct 2019
#60
Toyota is the only major automaker whose overall US fuel economy and CO2 emissions is getting worse.
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2019
#61