John Lippert
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John Lippert's stories. I like happy grandchildren, clean air and a robust democracy. → Read More
It’s ‘Damn The Torpedoes’ As California Eyes Electric Truck Mandate Despite COVID-19
If the ARB agrees, manufacturers will need to use batteries or fuel cells to power a rising percentage of commercial trucks they sell in California starting in 2024. → Read More
What The Wall Street Journal Missed In Its Dangerous Bill Ford Takedown
This WSJ story is wrong. It whitewashes the Trump attack on California's clean car programs, which are one of America's most important bulwarks against climate change. → Read More
Prior To Carlos Ghosn’s Daring Escape, His Wife Talked Of Japan’s ‘Fake Democracy’
Carole Ghosn -- in a potential preview of her husband's press conference on Wednesday -- described him as a victim of nationalist resistance in Japan to the whole idea of globalization. → Read More
Fate of World's Biggest Car Alliance Hangs on One Word: Ghosn
The shock news of Carlos Ghosn’s arrest in Japan was barely a few hours old when cracks began to appear in the automotive alliance that the globetrotting executive had skillfully held together for almost two decades. → Read More
California Weighs an Additional $2,000 Subsidy for Electric Cars
(Bloomberg) -- California will hold a hearing this week on offering a $4,500 subsidy for each pure electric vehicle sold in the state, up from the current $2,500, even as customers from Tesla Inc. and General Motors Co. face the loss of even bigger federal credits. The federal government now offers a $7,500 tax credit on electric vehicles sold. The credit is designed to start ratcheting downward… → Read More
Trump Makes Multiple Gaffes Portraying Chevrolet as a Trade Victim
In trying to portray Chevrolet as being dogged by Europe and China’s unfair trade practices, President Donald Trump demonstrated a need to brush up on the state of General Motors Co.’s all-American brand. → Read More
Coal Plan Is Likely California’s Next Battleground Versus Trump
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the state may sue the Trump administration over a plan released Tuesday to weaken carbon dioxide emission limits on power plants. → Read More
With Wildfires Blazing, California Shuns Trump's Clean-Air Plan
With his proposal to roll back fuel economy and emissions standards for cars and trucks Thursday, President Donald Trump drew a line in the California sand. → Read More
Double-Crossed in Detroit
America’s car capital is losing crossover market share in North America to rivals → Read More
Detroit Is Losing More Ground in Crossovers
During broadcasts of Wimbledon tennis matches this month, a promotional game was playing out between General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. Unfortunately for Detroit, the two may be outmatched in the end by Japanese rivals. → Read More
Nissan Is Nearing Decision on New Assembly Plant in China, CEO Says
Nissan Motor Co. may decide soon on building another factory in China as the company pursues a goal of expanding sales in the country by 1 million units by 2022, according to its CEO. → Read More
Trump Auto Plan Would Increase Fuel Use by 500,000 Barrels a Day
A draft proposal by federal regulators to roll back U.S. automobile efficiency requirements contends that their preferred plan would reduce “societal costs” by roughly half a trillion dollars through 2029, while increasing U.S. fuel consumption by 500,000 barrels per day. → Read More
Trump Auto Plan Would Increase Fuel Use by 500,000 Barrels a Day
A draft proposal by federal regulators to roll back U.S. automobile efficiency requirements contends that their preferred plan would reduce “societal costs” by roughly half a trillion dollars through 2029, while increasing U.S. fuel consumption by 500,000 barrels per day. → Read More
Internal Combustion Engines May Have 40 More Years in the Tank
Tesla Inc. chief executive officer Elon Musk has predicted that half of U.S. auto production will be electric in less than a decade. The head of the powertrain technology company being spun off by parts supplier Tenneco Inc. sees the transition taking a lot longer. → Read More
Why Trump Attacks California’s Anti-Pollution Powers
When U.S. President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1970, he recognized a simple truth about his home state of California: When tens of millions of people drive around constantly in a desert, they generate lots of pollution. The law gave California special authority to write tailpipe emission limits that can be tougher than the federal government’s when the state deems it necessary.… → Read More
Why Trump Attacks California's Anti-Pollution Powers
When U.S. President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1970, he recognized a simple truth about his home state of California: When tens of millions of people drive around constantly in a desert, they generate lots of pollution. The law gave California special authority to write tailpipe emission limits that can be tougher than the federal government’s when the state deems it necessary.… → Read More
Trump to seek repeal of California's smog-fighting power
The Trump administration will seek to revoke California's authority to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions -- including its mandate for electric-car sales -- in a proposed revision of Obama-era standards, according to three people familiar with the plan. → Read More
Trump to seek repeal of California's smog-fighting power
The Trump administration will seek to revoke California’s authority to regulate automobile emissions -- including its mandate for electric car sales -- in a proposed revision of Obama-era standards, according to three people familiar with the plan. → Read More
Trump to Seek Repeal of California's Smog-Fighting Power
The Trump administration will seek to revoke California’s authority to regulate automobile emissions -- including its mandate for electric car sales -- in a proposed revision of Obama-era standards, according to three people familiar with the plan. → Read More