Automakers side with Trump in legal fight with California

General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and many ors in auto industry are siding with Trump ministration in a lawsuit over wher California has right to set its own greenhouse gas emissions and fuel ecomy standards.

companies and Association of Global Automakers say y plan to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Environmental Defense Fund against ministration over California’s ability to set standards that differ from federal rules.

new move widens gap between industry and four or automakers, Ford, BMW, Volkswn, and Honda. y have sided with California in what is shaping up to be an epic legal battle over state’s right to control pollution. At least a dozen or states follow California’s greenhouse gas emissions standards.