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GM and Ford will go bankrupt if all they can sell are economy cars.
Author:
Iggle
(11988 Posts - Joined: Sep 14, 2007)
Posted at 5:44 pm on Sep 18, 2019
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That’s how the costs are high. The only thing they make money on are trucks and SUVs.
Replies to: "GM and Ford will go bankrupt if all they can sell are economy cars."
Trump just revoked California's waiver to enact stricter emissions laws.
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LehighND
- 3:21pm 9/18/19
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Surprised it's taken this long. It's really staggering how many laws unique to California add costs
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WestCoastIrishFan
- 4:09pm 9/18/19
Maybe the California standards were better?
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LehighND
- 4:44pm 9/18/19
The CARB rules are very strict. CA is basically an island. But that’s their preference on oil. The
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PBHangingChad
- 6:23pm 9/18/19
For whom and at what cost? Regulations are great up to the point the costs outweight the benefits.
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WestCoastIrishFan
- 5:05pm 9/18/19
Great question.
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LehighND
- 5:15pm 9/18/19
Makes sense to me. More smog = denser air = more cushion for the collision.
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Chris94
- 3:46pm 9/18/19
Not getting anything from our conservative brethren on how this makes cars "substantially SAFER"
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LehighND
- 4:39pm 9/18/19
Where did he say this? Who reports this?
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BaronVonZemo
- 9:55pm 9/18/19
That should be obvious.
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Iggle
- 4:51pm 9/18/19
Are these MPG standards, or emission standards?
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LehighND
- 5:15pm 9/18/19
The waivers were granted to control smog
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Iggle
- 5:42pm 9/18/19
Interesting.
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LehighND
- 6:25pm 9/18/19
This is worth a read.
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Iggle
- 6:41pm 9/18/19
No the oil refiners have already spent billions to make CARB fuel. So it’s not necessary. CA
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PBHangingChad
- 6:46pm 9/18/19
Good my company is building a new terminal facility in Sacramento. That transitions to new energy.
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PBHangingChad
- 3:30pm 9/18/19
What transitions to new energy?
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LehighND
- 3:31pm 9/18/19
Biomass ethanol and diesel which has a 70% reduced carbon content versus corn ethanol.
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PBHangingChad
- 6:07pm 9/18/19
Interesting. Thanks.
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LehighND
- 6:26pm 9/18/19
There is a battle brewing in Cali to buck federal law and regs (immigration as well).....
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BaronVonZemo
- 3:28pm 9/18/19
I don't think the chose to ignore - they had a specific waiver for something like the last 50 years.
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LehighND
- 3:30pm 9/18/19
I was referring more to immigration
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BaronVonZemo
- 6:11pm 9/18/19
This is correct - adding extra regulations is not ignoring the other ones
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Chris94
- 3:48pm 9/18/19
Funny. A state can't ban affirmative action or abortion but it can ban cars that don't meet its
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Cole
- 3:52pm 9/18/19
You can convert a 4-door convertible '66 Caddy and any other car you please to battery power
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Cole
- 3:34pm 9/18/19
There are these weird concepts I don't really understand.
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LehighND
- 3:37pm 9/18/19
Automobiles account for about 18% of US greenhouse gas emissions.
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Iggle
- 4:48pm 9/18/19
How are the costs high?
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LehighND
- 5:25pm 9/18/19
GM and Ford will go bankrupt if all they can sell are economy cars.
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Iggle
- 5:44pm 9/18/19
Yep. Ford stopped making sedans. The F150 is top top selling vehicle for 35 years.
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PBHangingChad
- 6:52pm 9/18/19
If everyone has the same standard, aren't they competing on an even playing field?
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LehighND
- 6:20pm 9/18/19
No UAW in Korea.
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Iggle
- 6:42pm 9/18/19
Appropriate response to their ban on public travel to states that don't fund gender reassignment...
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TakethetrainKnute
- 3:26pm 9/18/19
There are states that would not fund an Addadictomy?
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LehighND
- 3:29pm 9/18/19
...nor a Lopitovomy.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 3:31pm 9/18/19