Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

People march, sign petitions, meet with their elected officials, plant trees, clean up their towns and roads. And the automotive industry too is doing its bit to ensure green motoring. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. In CY2023, a record 15,26,433 or 1.52

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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. The alleged violations do not present a safety hazard; the cars remain legal to drive and resell. The software produced by Volkswagen is a “defeat device,” as defined by the Clean Air Act.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

The Court also ruled that in deciding whether to grant or deny a pending rulemaking petition regarding section 202(a)(1), EPA must decide whether new motor vehicle GHG emissions meet that endangerment test, or explain why scientific uncertainty is so profound that it prevents making a reasoned judgment on such a determination. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

2454 , The American Clean Energy and Security Act—which establishes a cap-and-trade program also contains a number of provisions for accelerating the deployment of a vehicle charging infrastructure and the manufacturing of plug-in electric drive vehicles. ” Harmonized motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards.

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DIY Electric Car

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Unlike our fuel powered cars, these cars work on electric motors which basically rely on electrically charged batteries to function. No Air Pollution: This ride is an eco-friendly one as it runs on an electrically powered engine as opposed to an internal combustion engine. It''s clean, it''s compact, it''s quietly quite something!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, President Trump said that his administration “ is revoking California’s Federal Waiver on emissions ”—a reference to the waiver of preemption under the federal Clean Air Act granted California by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Obama Administration in 2012.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. And its easier to clean central power plants than millions of vehicles. And utilities are increasingly being mandated to increase their percentage of power from renewable sources.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. Cyclists will complain and moterists will complain.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

We will be taking joint action with the Department of Transportation to bring clarity to the proper—and improper—scope and use of the Clean Air Act preemption waiver. California will be able to keep in place and enforce programs to address smog and other forms of air pollution caused by motor vehicles. The George W.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

Consumer Reports sent letters and a consumer petition to the leaders of General Motors, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai, Kia, and Mitsubishi, calling on the companies to drop their legal attack against America’s Clean Air Act, and instead support Clean Car standards that help drivers save money on fuel and reduce air pollution.

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Standards Gas Pollution Sierra 284

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Overview of RGGI. Gases: CO 2 emissions. WCI covers seven U.S.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 27, 2021

Tesla’s 4680 battery cell is vastly superior to any battery cell the company has manufactured in the past, and the upcoming Ultium batteries from General Motors are also very impressive. EPA legal prospects looking up The EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases from vehicles is already on a solid legal footing.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, the proposal is not incorrect in asserting that California's Clean Air Act waiver gives it a large amount of influence over national vehicle policies. Furthermore, the EPA cannot legally issue a formal ban on combustion vehicles. Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) pointed this out while introducing the bill.

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