Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. liter, four-cylinder diesels include software (a “defeat device”) that circumvents EPA emissions standards for NO x. EPA call this software “the switch”. —EPA NOV.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

That’s following a settlement between Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, EPA, and Granite Shore Power. Read more: West Virginia brings first of 5 solar farms online – why that matters If you’re considering going solar, it’s always a good idea to get quotes from a few installers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2017

In a new study, a team from UCLA, with colleagues from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and West Virginia University, measured total particle number emission factors (PNEFs) from six newly certified heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) powered by diesel and CNG totaling over 6,800 miles of on-road operation in California.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

4,674,000 to Virginia. 1,643,000 to West Virginia. $ 607,000 to Washington, DC. The latest awards are: $6,163,000 to Pennsylvania. 3,712,000 to Maryland.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

In-use testing of three light duty diesel vehicles—certified to US-EPA Tier2-Bin5 and California LEV-II ULEV emissions limits— found a wide variation in real world emissions performance relative to the regulatory limits. diesels and one 3.0L diesel) over pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

It’s striking, Lux said, that the US EPA, with its $8-billion budget and workforce of 15,000 staff, couldn’t catch VW, but a small team of researchers from West Virginia University could. The EPA has sided with OEMs, fearing that if the software is open-access, then consumers would modify it at the expense of emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

AECDs are allowed by the EPA, but they must be disclosed. EPA defines an AECD as “ any element of design that senses temperature, motive speed, engine RPM, transmission gear, or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying, or deactivating the operation of any part of the emission-control system. ”.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Instead, its effects were discovered by researchers at West Virginia University, working with the International Council on Clean Transportation. The software that allowed Volkswagen diesel cars to cheat on emissions tests was not found by government regulators.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The field tests provided opportunities for US EPA Region 4, U.S. EPA Region 5, and Ohio EPA to review and process three permit applications for CO 2 injection and to start building experience for future permit applications.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

In order to sell their “clean diesel” vehicles in the United States, the co-conspirators lied to the EPA about the existence of their test-cheating software, hiding it from the EPA, CARB, VW customers and the US.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2012

In addition, the EPA defined a Not-To-Exceed (NTE) control zone bound by certain speed and load conditions which encompasses a broad range of real-world load conditions not covered in the FTP engine dynamometer cycle. Credit: ACS, Thiruvengadam et al. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 9, 2022

Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Passage by the Senate is far from a certainty and will require all 50 yes votes including from conservative-leaning Democrat Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia to the Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. miles per kWh with its 25 miles of EPA range and 8.8 4 and Tesla Model Y are classified as small SUVs.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2011

Politico reported yesterday morning th at two senior House Democrats are on board for the crazy ass introduction of legislation to stop the EPA’s climate change regulations. And what a surprise, one of them, Congressman Nick Rahall, is from the Black Lung state of West Virginia.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 31, 2023

Such an EV mandate would appear to violate the Supreme Court’s major questions doctrine as articulated in West Virginia v. EPA because using fuel economy standards to force automakers to electrify vehicles would have ‘vast economic and political significance’ and thus require ‘clear congressional authorization.’

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2011

Politico reported yesterday morning th at two senior House Democrats are on board for the crazy ass introduction of legislation to stop the EPA’s climate change regulations. And what a surprise, one of them, Congressman Nick Rahall, is from the Black Lung state of West Virginia.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

Over two dozen states have joined forces to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over proposed vehicle emissions regulations put forward by the Biden administration in March. & This time, it’s a group of Republican attorneys general with Kentucky and West Virginia at the helm coming after the Biden administration.&

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