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California expected to move forward with diesel trucks ban

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The EPA is expected to grant California a waiver to ban diesel trucks and a series of other regulations. According to a report from the Washington Post , the EPA will likely grant California a waiver to implement the regulations in the coming weeks. It is unlikely that these new regulations will go without challenge.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. California is preserving its right to establish more stringent standards in the future.

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NHTSA proposes 58 mpg usual for current automobiles by means of 2032

Baua Electric

WASHINGTON — 3 months later the EPA proposed its strictest-ever limits on tailpipe air pollution, NHTSA has defined gas financial system requirements for current light-duty automobiles and vehicles that will require a mean fleet gas financial system of 58 mpg by means of the 2032 mannequin yr.

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More states follow California’s clean car standards

Green Cars News

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant California’s request to carry out its own clean car standards not only clears the way for the Schwarzenegger-led state to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions, but it is likely to effect at least 13 additional states too.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The Indian government has consistently asserted that it will not agree to legally binding emissions reductions under any circumstances. “ Internationally, we reject legally binding emissions. Washington Post Foreign Service, 22 November 2009. [ “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. Charged : We saw the case study video of the system you installed for Link Transit in Washington in 2018.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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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. —Andrew Wheeler.