The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it is finalizing exhaust emissions and fuel economy standards — with what it describes as the most ambitious standard for greenhouse gas emissions. light car glass ever.
Effective alternative targets lax standards set forth by the Trump administration in 2020. These numbers are covered from 2021 to 2026 with a 1.5% annual increase replacing the 5% annual increase through 2025 set by the Obama administration.
New standards start with the 2023 model year and most follow the most rigorous monitoring as outlined in the initial proposals, attempt to restore some of the groundwork lost by the Trump rules, slightly ahead of the original plan in the 2025 model year and significantly ahead in 2026.
The result, according to forecasts, will be a 28.3% reduction in the fleet’s cumulative greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Organize the campaign behind Consumer Reports called it “a win for consumers and the climate”, and the Environmental Defense Fund called it “a holiday gift for all Americans”, pointing out the importance of working on standards. Stricter standards for 2027 and beyond, aiming for all EVs by 2035.
The EPA claims that the benefits of the new rule outweigh the costs by as much as $190 billion and extend beyond climate change to improved public health and cost savings for vehicle owners.
Not all groups focus on the positives. The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Center for Biodiversity are among the organizations that point out that these new standards still lack what is needed to close the gaps that allow for this level of achievement. is lower than the top-level goals might suggest.
These groups are among several to point to so-called compliance mechanisms that the Biden administration has left open in the new standards — most notably some of the ways automakers can credit enhancement according to regulations. That led to a surplus of credits That in the coming years will allow complete car manufacturers to produce more gas-guzzling vehicles that fall short of the new standards.
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As if emphasizing that, the EPA confirmed that the new rules will be largely met without electrification – meaning the majority of the 2026 fleet will still have pipelines. By 2026, the EPA predicts that only 7% of new fleets will have “powerful hybrid” powertrains, and electric and hybrid vehicles combined will make up just 17%.
Perhaps more importantly, the EPA confirmed with the rule that it would strengthen standards for smoke-forming emissions, as authorized by the Clean Air Act, for the 2027 model year and beyond. That could help offset the reduction in smoke-forming emissions from power generation, caused by likely to fail to build back better authorities suggestions.
