Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Those costs are passed on to consumers.

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Fuel Economy Standards California EPA 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

This would result in an average fuel economy for passenger cars of 43.7 EPA is proposing to withdraw the waiver of CAA preemption for California’s Advanced Clean Car (ACC) program, Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) standards that are applicable to the affected model years. mpg and for light trucks of 31.3

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EPA Fuel Economy California MPG 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars.

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Wind Grid Green Electric Cars 34

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Since President Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1963, federal regulations aimed at reducing air pollution have gradually grown stronger.

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EPA Standards Emissions Obama 55

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. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ”

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

China and India recently announced plans to reduce the carbon intensity, or the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product, of their economies over the next decade. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2022

By 2026, car manufacturers will have to [make approximately 17% of new vehicles] in their total fleets electric and zero-emission. First of all, President Biden has made a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% in 2030 from the 2005 level. They have proposed 55% new car sales to be electric in 2030, and 100% by 2035.

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EPA Emissions Standards Legal 102

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 9, 2024

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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EPA California Emissions Gas 105

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

Grievances include claims that the executive branch is unconstitutionally manipulating the marketplace by setting requirements higher than manufacturers can adhere to, effectively mandating sales of electric vehicles that have been broadly unpopular in the United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week.

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EPA Emissions West Virginia Gas 98