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California Air Resources Board unanimously adopts Advanced Clean Cars Package

Green Car Congress

The Advanced Clean Cars package will help clean our air, help us fight climate change, and perhaps most important for average citizens, save thousands of dollars over the life of the vehicles. LEV III Board Book. ZEV Board Book. CFO Board Book. This marks a new chapter in the history of ARB. ”.

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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. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Environmental impact.

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

Charged EVs

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. What about the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards?

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. It isa fundamental change in direction for GM. " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. billion in Department of Energy loans to develop new fuel-efficient vehicles, including the Volt. Former vice chairman Bob Lutz said as much a year ago.

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Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

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To help us sort out how the new policies are likely to unfold, we turned to Margo Oge, former Director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality and author of the book Driving the Future. For me, the most important thing is that there is an urgency across the planet to address climate change. That’s one issue.

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