The fight over emissions between California and the White House could last years.
Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gases and carmakers have big plans for them. But so far, few car buyers want them.News Analysis: Foxconn may prove Tesla’s Musk wrong about how hard it is to build electric carsThe bitter battle between the federal government and California has split the auto industry.
She acknowledged, however, that having the auto industry split in two made her “mad.” She skipped November’s L.A. Auto Show, she said, because “I didn’t want to hang out and have jolly conversations with the companies that were suing us.”Since 2013 California has operated under a federal waiver that permits it to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. Thirteen other states follow California’s lead on tougher standards. Together those 14 states account for more than 40% of the U.S. automobile market.
The strife could affect electric-vehicle growth in the United States, which declined last year — as did overall vehicle sales — by more than 6%, to 325,000 vehicles. That’s only about 2% of the total passenger vehicle market. The vast majority of EVs sold are Tesla Model 3s.
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