Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

The new rules strengthen the greenhouse gas standard for 2017 models and beyond. The current California program constitutes a separate set of rules with minor variations due to separate legal structures but is designed to parallel the proposed federal joint rulemaking the Obama administration announced last summer.

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Clean Cleaning California Cars 265

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Wheeler adduced four reasons to support that argument: price, safety, environmental impact and incentivizing the purchase of new, cleaner, safer cars. In order to comply with the Obama standards, auto makers need to sell many more electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler. Environmental impact.

Fuel Economy 170

Fuel Economy Standards California EPA 170

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. However, this can’t be done with the stroke of a pen.

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EPA Standards Emissions Obama 55