Green Car Congress
MARCH 26, 2010
Instead, the Board will pursue a performance-based approach as part of its vehicle climate change program to reduce CO 2 from air conditioning and provide cooler car interiors for California motorists. The cool cars regulation was early action item under AB 32 and adopted by the Air Resources Board (ARB) in June 2009.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 27, 2010
When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. The resulting set of new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2016
The greater the range, the greater the number of credits earned by the manufacturer, which in turn will reduce the number of ZEV sales the manufacturer will need to reach its target. The goal of the ZEV standard is to incentivize automobile manufacturers to build more models and use increasingly efficient low-carbon technology.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2010
GHG levels from the MY 2016 fleet-wide average of 250 g/mi, using different technology pathways to achieve the reductions. In recent months, the agencies have had important discussions with many individual automobile manufacturers and other stakeholders, and our intention is to continue such discussions. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JULY 11, 2012
By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. Earlier post.). The proposed 2025 US standard would bring that down to 163 g/mile in MY 2025.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2011
Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. mpg by 2016. As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. Power plant capital costs.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2010
Final MY 2011 and MY 2012-2016 passenger car fuel economy targets, based on vehicle footprint. mpg for the combined industry-wide fleet (cars and light-trucks) for model year 2016. mpg for the combined industry-wide fleet (cars and light-trucks) for model year 2016. Source: NHTSA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).
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