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Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2014
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Tier 3 emission standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. EPA had issued the proposed standards last March. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
EPA is suggesting that it could reduce the biodiesel volume for 2018 by as much as 315 million gallons and effectively carry through those volumes to further reduce the proposed volumes of advanced and total renewable biofuels by 473 million gallons. EPA also sought comment on possible reductions to the proposed 2019 BBD volume requirement.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 29, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed long-anticipated Tier 3 standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from all light-duty vehicles (LDVs, or passenger cars), light-duty trucks (LDT1s, LDT2s, LDT3s, and LDT4s) and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (or MDPVs). Model Year.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Source of data: US EPA (2019). While the cost of new heavy-duty trucks has increased at approximately 1% per year, the cost of emission controls has come down, representing a lower percentage of the cost of a new truck.
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2018
As CARB has done with light-duty vehicles (cars and pickups) for decades, it initiated a program in 2016 to bring private fleet-owned or rental trucks that had been operating for several years for testing. The second phase begins in March 2019. CARB’s in-use testing of the vehicles played a key role in identifying the problem.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 21, 2022
It has now received a Certificate of Conformity for the Semi from the EPA. Identifying ideal routes is key to success,” says the LIGHTS group’s final report , and the learnings were underscored by the fleet operators taking part. The time and cost of installing the needed charging infrastructure for electric trucks can vary enormously.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2011
The agencies’ scopes are the same except that EPA is including recreational on-highway vehicles (RVs, or motor homes) within its rulemaking, while NHTSA is not including these vehicles. The joint DOT/EPA program will include a range of targets which are specific to the diverse vehicle types and purposes.
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