"The suit, brought by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Transportation, targets regulations adopted by the California Air Resources Board that limit greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and require automakers to sell increasing numbers of zero-emission vehicles. Those rules are part of California's "Advanced Clean Cars II" program, which aims to phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035."
"Federal officials argue that California's policies amount to an illegal attempt to regulate fuel economy, an area they say is reserved for the federal government under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The administration contends that allowing individual states to impose stricter rules effectively forces automakers to follow California's standards nationwide."
The Trump Administration filed a lawsuit against California through the Departments of Justice and Transportation, challenging the state's vehicle emissions regulations and zero-emission vehicle mandates. California's Advanced Clean Cars II program aims to phase out gasoline-powered vehicle sales by 2035 through increasingly strict emissions limits and zero-emission vehicle requirements. Federal officials argue California's policies violate the Energy Policy and Conservation Act by regulating fuel economy, which they claim is exclusively federal authority. The administration contends that California's stricter standards effectively force automakers nationwide to comply, functioning as an illegal backdoor electric vehicle mandate. California officials dispute this characterization of their environmental regulations.
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