To comply with the 2025 targets, more popular models, like S.U.V.s, would need new technology, which could raise prices for consumers. The letters from the manufacturer lobbying groups represent the latest push by carmakers for a reprieve from the emissions and fuel-economy standards. This month, 18 auto-company chief executives wrote a letter to Mr. Trump on the same issue. Ford won praise from Mr. Trump after it announced it was canceling plans to build a new plant in Mexico. Mr. Pruitt, the administrator of the E.P.A., is most likely predisposed to listen to automakers’ concerns about fuel-economy targets.

Source: New York Times February 23, 2017 01:41 UTC