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VW ID.Buzz delay, Alfa Tonale PHEV, MPG fines, Colorado incentives: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And Colorado ramps up its state EV credits and looks to affordability. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Colorado is incentivizing smaller, cheaper. Alfa Romeo’s new plug-in hybrid points toward EVs but doesn’t wow on mpg. GM and Stellantis pay fuel economy fines.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Our nameless reviewer felt , back in 2006, that the Vue's panel gaps made it the "automotive equivalent of a shotgun shack" and calculated that the Green Line version would require 90,000 miles of driving with $2.15/gallon

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Colorado Governor issues Executive Order supporting transition to ZEVs

Green Car Congress

On Thursday, Colorado Gov. Colorado has already taken steps to encourage the transition to electrified transportation for passenger cars and heavy-duty vehicles such as buses. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission also recently adopted Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) standards.

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Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopts zero-emission vehicle standard

Green Car Congress

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopted a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standard for Colorado early today in an 8-1 decision. Certification for ZEV emission standards of the new 2023 and subsequent model year passenger cars, and light-duty trucks will be made pursuant to the California code.

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Colorado Air Quality Control Commission approves low emission vehicle standards beginning in 2022 model year

Green Car Congress

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) approved new low emission vehicle (LEV) standards for new light-duty and medium-duty motor vehicles sold in Colorado beginning in the 2022 model year. Separate standards for cars and trucks. Earlier post.) These states now make up nearly 40% of the new automobile market.

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Colorado adopts California electric vehicle mandate

Green Car Reports

For months, Colorado lawmakers and businesses have taken sides at a figurative continental divide—and not far from the real one—over whether (and how) the state might join California’s Zero Emissions Vehicle program and its corresponding electric-car mandate. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission has.

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Colorado takes first step toward California electric-vehicle mandate

Green Car Reports

Electric cars aren't just for the coasts anymore. Colorado took its first step Thursday toward becoming the 10th state to follow California's zero-emissions vehicle mandate, which would require automakers to sell electric cars there.

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