Earlier this week, General Motors and the Environmental Defense Fund released joint development recommendations that aim to make all new passenger vehicles electric by the middle of the next decade.
In a press release, GM and EDF asked the EPA to develop emissions standards that would require at least 50% of new passenger vehicles sold by 2030, reducing emissions by 60%. greenhouses by 2030.
Additionally, GM and EDF call for “significant reductions in nitrogen oxides and particles, consistent with eliminating exhaust pollution from new passenger cars by 2035.” That is in line with GM’s “wish” announced in 2021—But if it’s written into regulations, that’s a whole new level of commitment.
Cadillac Celestiq Prototype 2025
The wording makes room for some vehicles – like heavy-duty pickup trucks – that still use internal combustion engines, but it would still represent a major change for the auto industry.
GM before giving aggressive EV targets to regulators—in 2020with a warm reception from Washington.
This time, GM and EDF are asking EPA to propose new standards before the end of the year and finalize them in the fall of 2023. They will then go into effect for the 2027 model year and run through at least until 2023. 2032, but ideally GM and EDF say 2035.
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In April, EPA finalize the rules by 2026, although it is anticipated that the rules will only require about 17% of EVs for the US market at that point. So the GM/EDF recommendations call for a very strong increase in electric vehicle sales.
California passed 15% Electric vehicle sales at some point and have their own goal of essentially eliminating all new vehicles with plugless exhausts by 2035. But California is expected to face some difficulties. in achieving that goal — and the other states lag much further behind.
