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Engine products group files legal challenge to EPAs partial waiver for E15

Green Car Congress

Yet, E-15 has been shown to adversely affect engines in non-road products and later model year vehicles, cause emission failures and increase air pollution due to misfueling, the group says. The RFA will continue to press for the safe and effective use of higher level ethanol blends in both conventional as well as flexible fuel vehicles.

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Petroleum and refiners organizations file suit to reverse EPA’s second partial waiver for E15

Green Car Congress

EPA’s 21 Jan decision raised the amount of ethanol permitted in gasoline used by cars and light trucks for model years 2001-2006 from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15). EPA’s 21 Jan decision raised the amount of ethanol permitted in gasoline used by cars and light trucks for model years 2001-2006 from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15).

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Tesla 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting transcript: June 13, 2024

Teslarati

Some highlights include the Model Y becoming the best selling vehicle in the world in 2023, beginning deliveries of the much anticipated Cybertruck proving that the muscle and utility of a pickup truck can be electric and cool. Based on 2023 data, Tesla vehicles with driver-assist technologies engaged had only one vehicle accident per 5.64

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Gas War: Appeals Court Upholds EPA Approval of California Emissions Rules

The Truth About Cars

appeals court agreed to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to re-grant a waiver that allows California the ability to set its own tailpipe emissions limits and electric vehicle mandates. The matter quickly turned into a major legal battle between a coalition of blue states and the federal government.

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