Feb. 13, 2026 | Trump EPA tosses emissions rules; How agentic AI transforms dealerships

Automotive News

13 February 2026

Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon talks about what the Trump EPA’s repeal of the basis for all federal emissions rules means for the industry and what happens next. Electric vehicle registrations fall for the first time in a decade. Plus, Marianne Johnson, Cox Automotive chief product officer, and David Richardson, vice president of AgentCore at Amazon Web Services, discuss how agentic artificial intelligence is transforming dealership operations beyond basic automation.