Ford CEO calls for reducing fuel economy targets

Posted on 30 Jan 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

The CEO of Ford Motor Company has called on the US Government to reconsider planned fuel economy targets for future automobile production.

In a meeting with new US President Donald Trump, Ford’s CEO Mark Fields, alongside Mary Barra of GM and Sergio Marchionne of Fiat Chrysler, reportedly voiced his criticism of the current policy direction. According to reporting by Bloomberg, Fields claimed that “up to a million jobs” were at stake if the fuel efficiency targets did…

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