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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
Last thought… as automakers shift to zero emissions vehicles, they remove themselves from the graduate degree level calculus that is required to forecast CAFE compliance.
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I agree. I also think that if you consider the study's statement that auto manufacturers bear a larger burden of CAFE standards in the short term (1-3 years) it supports my contention that this a a primary motivator in shifting to EVs, avoidance of those multi billion dollar costs of compliance.
It's also my contention that government regulators are not the sharpest tacks in the box. If they were they would be in the private sector making more money. That's not intended to be a political statement and I'm not singling out a particular political party, it's applicable across the board.
One of the reasons I stopped working for the Army Corps of Engineers. I wasn't allowed to do my job correctly and efficiently because I didn't take long enough to complete projects and I was pretty insistent that the only consideration was the numbers and not the 'preselected' conclusion.