Mileage Rules Prompt Backlash

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Auto makers and car dealers, emboldened by rising profits and a more business-friendly Congress, say they will fight the Obama administration's proposal to boost average new-car fuel economy to as much as 62 miles a gallon by 2025.

The auto makers' main trade group accused regulators in documents filed last week of understating the costs by billions of dollars and suggested the industry might go to court over the issue.

It's a fresh sign that the "go along to get along" approach some industries took during the first two years of the Obama administration is over.