Mercedes Benz

The Trump administration's recommendation that America slam the brakes on improving pollution and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks will put our nation's automotive industry at risk. Especially in an age when the rest of the world is speeding toward cleaner cars and the automobile market is increasingly global, weakening fuel economy standards would make the U.S. automotive industry less competitive and cost a lot of Americans their jobs. Automotive suppliers would be hit especially hard. They employ twice as many Americans as the auto manufacturers themselves and have invested heavily in a more fuel-efficient future that would be delivered by the current federal vehicle emissions and efficiency standards. For example, Denso is spending $1 billion to turn a Tennessee facility into a major source of components for electric, hybrid and autonomous cars, allowing the company to switch production of key product lines from Japan to the U.S. BorgWarner is expanding into EV an...