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Study: tightening vehicle emissions standards resulted in higher rates of automaker non-compliance; unintended effects of threshold-based regulations

Green Car Congress

A new study focused on the auto industry finds that tightening emissions standards not only fails to curtail on-road emissions, but actually increases the likelihood of non-compliance by automakers. This phenomenon isn’t limited to the auto industry. You have to hit the score to make it. —Kejia Hu.

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

Teslarati

The auto industry is faced with the question of whether and how we will be a global leader in the future,” Baerbock said at the event. For our nation, where the auto industry accounts for a large share of value creation, this is not just an economic issue, but also a question of security.”

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UAW officially launches union drive at Tesla, other automakers

Teslarati

From Toyota to Tesla, from California to South Carolina, America's autoworkers are ready to Stand Up and win their fair share of the auto industry's record profits. manufacturing plants in the industry. manufacturing plants in the industry. It's time.

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Report: EV factories may be leading utilities to dirtier decisions

Baua Electric

Anticipated demand from the auto industry—as well as solar-panel manufacturing and data centers—is leading utilities to forecast single-digit percentage growth every year through the end of the decade in some regions, according to report.

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Biden quadruples tariffs on Chinese EVs, up from 25% to 100%

Baua Electric

Volvo believes strongly in the benefits of investing and contributing to the main markets in which it seeks to sell cars, reflected in our $1B South Carolina manufacturing plant where we are creating thousands of jobs building EVs for the US and world markets. Free trade creates jobs, wealth and economic growth.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

The Truth About Cars

.& They’ve been joined by Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming in the suit.& We just aren't buying it," Coleman said.

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Volkswagen ID.Buzz & ID.7 to help VW gain 10% market share in the US [Feature]

Teslarati

The all-electric Scout SUV will be built in a new $2 billion factory in South Carolina. The electric vehicle market has provided an opening for legacy automakers to reestablish their positions in the global auto industry. Besides the ID.Buzz and the ID.7,

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