I will wholeheartedly agree the feds are being jerks here, and while I can see the legal avenue via which they’re working to undo the CA waiver, I think it’s junk. Realistically, Trump’s hypothesis that cars will become cheaper because of a lower standard doesn’t hold, as companies that want to do business in CA will…

The power to regulate interstate commerce is a power granted to the federal government in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The courts have defined this to mean commerce that crosses state lines, commerce that affects markets in other states, or commerce that *could* affect markets in other states.

Even products manufactured in and sold in the same state with no intent to sell them in another state, if there is the potential that they could be carried from that state into another state and affect the market therein, can be regulated as interstate commerce, so our Supreme Court ruled in Gonzales v Raich (a…

Oh let’s be clear that this is a bullshit move from the Trump administration. I’d personally prefer to see CA’s standards across the board. But, I can see the avenue by which the Trump administration is making the argument, and I tend to agree with the notion of having one standard instead of multiple state standards.

Major difference:  Abortion’s not an interstate commerce issue.  Standards for automobiles sold across the country are an interstate commerce issue.  That means the feds have every right to set rules as they see fit.  

The feds’ letter makes perfect sense. The Clean Air Act requires granting of the waiver to CA unless (sourced from CARB’s site https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/msprog/mainpage.htm):

I mean, the whole Supremacy Clause thing and that interstate commerce is an enumerated power of the feds?  And yeah, the courts have held a very expansive view of interstate commerce (basically getting to the same place as a plain-language reading of the necessary and proper/general welfare clause that the courts very…

Incorrect. The Clean Air Act allows California to ask for a waiver and requires its granting unless:

“California/CARB has every right to set whatever standards for emissions they want. And so does every other state.”

2nd: Were tracked in a spreadsheet? Really?

2nd: This sounds great on paper, but for the UAW it’s a rough deal. Building however many cars out of one plan means effectively no new jobs and probably a bunch more automation to support that many models. Not convinced this’ll do anything to bridge the divide between UAW and GM.

The station by my house in the City of Detroit was $2.69 yesterday.  In the suburb I work in it was $2.65.  

Ooh, Nissan CEO, that’s a fabulous self-own! OWN GOAL!

I’m increasingly convinced they did it to cover for the Focus transmission problems. Mondeo (Fusion) has gotten too big for Europe, which undercuts the global argument for that car, and indeed there’s been rumors of Mondeo getting axed too. Fiesta didn’t sell here, and Taurus didn’t do well either. And Ford needs the…

God I hate that cartoon.  A real duffer from normally solid XKCD that conflates free speech with the 1st Amendment.  The 1st Amendment is simply our attempt at protecting free speech, with a body of jurisprudence clarifying our legal system’s take on it.  Free speech is quite literally the freedom to speak, a freedom…

Let alone the fact that any valet with a locksmith buddy or a hardware store nearby back in the time could literally just make copies of your car keys for later use.  

You strike me as very... inexperienced in the world. Mechanical ignition locks are well-known for various failure modes. Ford ignition locks (you know, the thing you turn with your key to start the car) from the ‘90s and 2000s would succumb to the part with the “ears” snapping off, which typically would result in one…

You do realize that most women’s clothing doesn’t have actual pockets, right?  Like, even women’s blue jeans that have “pockets” have pockets you couldn’t put your hands in past your first knuckles.  Some dude back in the time decided that women having stuff in their pockets would ruin their figures and that they…

3rd: Musk strikes me as one of those sorts that’s really cool outside the office, super chill, fun, great to chat with; but an absolute nightmare in the office-demanding, inflexible, belief in his own infallibility. I worked for a boss like that, and after a year I was eyeballing the exits. I believed in what we were…

Definitely that second thing.  Planners tend to hate everything automobile-based and drive them only because they have to, and they believe the entire world should conform to their vision of it.