This is Congress waiving a requirement put in place by... Congress in the first place.

Well, really it pushes it to automakers and the Federal Government which are pushing lower emissions anyway. Again, spurious, but emissions will decrease anyway. 

“only in the case of economic or demographic decline. Is that really the ultimate desired fix?”

Given the basic bottleneck at the Holland Tunnel, I’m not sure how much of an issue induced demand would be, especially heading to Newark, since the main driver coming back is going from the Airport to the city, same.

If you’re a loyal Chrysler owner, wouldn’t you just switch to Jeep over Forester?

If you’re a loyal Chrysler owner, wouldn’t you just switch to Jeep over Forester?

They could also just sell nice Jeeps.

The original Airflow did not do well. 

Chrysler pretty much made minivans and cars. Cars are generally disfavored, hence no more cars. One of Chrysler’s sister brands is specifically dedicated to making SUVs and crossovers, and has some of the most brand cachet for that niche, hence no crossovers. 

... and bankrolled by a billionaire from that country.

And helping those plucky everymen at Tesla, Ford, and GM. 

“So they’re mad it did exactly what it was meant to do. Got it.”

Regulations that did not exist when plan was made.

Cadillac has been rehabbing itself for a while, and doing an expensive, hand built EV now is perfectly fine. This won’t be a sports car, so performance pedegree isn’t an issue. 

It’s no longer the 80's. 

Eh. Ferrari and Lamborghini sell a ton of the same models in this range.

Isn’t it just a hand built car on top of an Ultium battery chassis?

You mean a much harder thing to do?

Crazy, low production cars are good and fun. 

Is the back seat of a GLC any better than that of a Accord for his purposes?