States Fight for Their Right to Follow California Car Rules
Posted on Jan 14, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on States Fight for Their Right to Follow California Car Rules
States’ efforts to protect their authority to adopt California’s vehicle greenhouse gas limits could be futile if the Trump administration succeeds with its proposal to strip that power from them. The Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates vehicle emissions, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with jurisdiction over fuel efficiency, want to eliminate state...
Colorado Adopts California Emissions Standards
Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Colorado Adopts California Emissions Standards
Colorado has adopted vehicle emission rules that incorporate California standards. Under the rules, new vehicles sold in Colorado must average 36 mpg (15 kilometers per liter) by 2025. That’s about 10 mpg (4 kilometers per liter) over the existing standard. Colorado now joins several other states in taking proactive steps to avoid any weakening of federal standards by the Trump...
Lawmakers question the EPA’s pro-glider kit study
Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Lawmakers question the EPA’s pro-glider kit study
Four members of a US House Committee have asked the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General to investigate the agency’s use of a study that claimed glider kit trucks do not produce harmful emissions at levels greater than trucks with new engines. The congressional letter was signed by Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Don Beyer Jr. (D-Va.), Suzanne...
The End of the Internal Combustion Engine?
Posted on Jul 28, 2017 in Industry News | Comments Off on The End of the Internal Combustion Engine?
The British government has recently announced that it would ban the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered cars beginning in 2040. It also announced that it would invest approximately $1.8 billion with a goal that all vehicles in Britain would produce zero emissions by 2050. The switch from internal combustion to “clean cars” is necessary due to the health and environmental damage caused...
Trump Signals Rollback on EPA Vehicle Regulations
Posted on Mar 3, 2017 in Industry News | Comments Off on Trump Signals Rollback on EPA Vehicle Regulations
The Trump administration, in conjunction with new EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, is expected to begin dismantling regulations on vehicle pollution and other policies related to global warming. Specifically, the administration is expected to rollback regulations governing tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions and to revoke California’s waiver to enforce even stricter tailpipe standards....
