Last week, I testified at a public hearing to press the Biden administration on new vehicle standards that have the potential to significantly cut oil use. While the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has drawn all the attention lately for its spring proposals to cut emissions from new vehicles by electrifying both passenger cars … [continued]
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has decided to side with California and Tesla, not Donald Trump and certain lagging automakers, on the need for cleaner cars. Governor Sisolak announced today, June 22, that Nevada would adopt California’s fuel economy regulations.
Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, and BMW have negotiated an agreement with the California Air Resources Board to build more fuel efficient vehicles regardless of what the current administration does regarding emissions regulations.
Trump’s war on fuel economy standards will cost Americans $450 billion says Energy Innovation. If nothing else. it will keep flotillas of lawyers busy for years while car companies flounder in a sea of uncertainty.
Concerned citizens from auto dealers to US governors and mayors are blasting the decision by EPA head Scott Pruitt to weaken US fuel economy standards.
