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California Air Resources Board unanimously adopts Advanced Clean Cars Package

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On the criteria pollutants side, LEV III reduces fleet average emissions of new passenger cars (PCs), light-duty trucks (LDTs) and medium-duty passenger vehicles (MDPVs) to. The new rules strengthen the greenhouse gas standard for 2017 models and beyond. LEV III Board Book. ZEV Board Book. CFO Board Book.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. criteria pollutants. -Ed.] Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

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Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Since President Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1963, federal regulations aimed at reducing air pollution have gradually grown stronger.

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