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The two party system oversimplifies the issue, you have to consider auto bailouts and protectionist vs globalization policy as well.
In this election both trump and Bernie would be terrible for the auto industry considering their protectionist agenda, whilst we also would not have GM today depending on who was in office a few years ago.
I agree that it's best to vote right for the sake of the automobile as they tend to stand up stronger for the individual, corporate option, capitalism, and less gov intervention in the natural business cycle.
However, it is more complex then being simply two party. At the end of the day individuals need to start standing up for their individual liberties to speak with their dollar and not they're vote. If the consumer would like to go electric they're welcome to joint the 200k line at tesla which Spurs innovation across the board elsewhere.
Anyways at the very least this is an example of the ill affects of a blanket law, whilst millions of silverados f150s and jeeps are sold everywhere giving less emissions then before however still with further room to sacrafice, Porsche and other smaller boutique manufactures are screwed having to drop fleet emissions. I'm not saying remove the laws all together but maybe they should place a basis on the tightness of the requirement based on the sales and average miles driven of the cars usually, or better yet simply introduce a carbon tax based on miles driven and gallons of fuel burned, I don't like the idea of a carbon tax but if it means that companies can produce what they want and I can buy what I want it's a reasonable trade off since non of us drive our Boxsters that often anyways.
I also think that in most any occasion of the government wanting to force change it should be translated to the buyer and free market. Rather then to ban anything it could simply be fixed with a label, catagorize cars on a color scale from red to green for emissions and make people sign off that they understand the vehicle they are buying is bad for the environment, then companies are welcome to decide what is best in this case, to produce a red car that's true to the companies Morals or to produce a green car instead. This would help companies like Porsche still be incentivized to make mission E type cars and cayanne e hybrids, all whilst still having room for not only a GT3 but also a 718 flat 6.
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