So stupid. It’s not the stupidest thing that Trump has done this week by any means but it’s still foolish. There’s the obvious environmental component but there’s also a business/economic argument for increasing fuel standards and phasing out ICE models. The car companies were fine with the Biden CAFE standards because that’s what they need to do anyway.
California was probably doing car companies a favor by banning ICE vehicle sales in 2035 and giving them a nudge. By 2035, ICE vehicle sales are probably going to be banned in half the world (and maybe all developed nations save a few petro-states). Most automakers are probably planning to be essentially EV-only around then because they want to export vehicles and ICE cars are going to be a shrinking, niche market even in the U.S.