The Auto Alliance (AAM) is a defunct

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of automobile manufacturers that operated in the

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. It was the leading advocacy group for the auto industry, representing 77% of all car and light truck sales in the United States. The Auto Alliance was active in the areas of environment, energy and motor vehicle safety. In 2019, the Alliance was merged with the Association of Global Automakers to form the

Alliance for Automotive Innovation The Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) is a Washington, D.C.–based trade association and Lobbying, lobby group whose members include international car and Light truck, light duty truck manufacturers that build and sell products in the Uni ...

. John Bozzella of Global Automakers became the new CEO.

History

The trade group formed on January 13, 1999, to replace the American Automobile Manufacturers Association, which had represented only American manufacturers. The members of the Auto Alliance were: *

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA), now part of Stellantis, was an Italian-American multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of Car, automobiles, commercial vehicles, List of auto parts, auto parts and production systems. ...

* Ford *

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* Huyndai * Jaguar Land Rover *

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* Mercedes-Benz USA *

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* Volkswagen Group of America * Volvo Car USA Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Plaque on HQ

As an

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for the automobile industry on public policy issues, an example of the alliance's activity includes sponsorship of the Transportation Data Center at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Likewise, the alliance was active in political

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on behalf of the industry. The alliance appealed, for instance, a district-court ruling in

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in September 2007 that upheld states' ability to regulate exhaust emissions, the issue having a strong bearing on state and federal vehicle mileage regulations. They also have weighed in on the federal government's new fuel economy and emissions standards proposals calling for other industries to do their part in helping to trim pollution and conserve energy. The Alliance opposes the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act. In September 2009, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers joined the

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and environmentalists in opposing an effort to bar the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for one year from attempting to regulate green-house-gas emissions for power plants and other large sources, preferring a single nationwide set of rules, a main priority since 2002. AAM suggested to the coming Trump government in November 2016 that the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel economy rules be reviewed and relaxed.

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History

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