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New Mexico Hits the Gas on Cleaner Cars

May 6, 2022 admin Albuquerque, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, fuel economy standards, NEW MEXICO, policy & politics, policy research, research

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 18:16:12 +0000

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Kathy Harris & Noah Long New Mexicans will now be able to buy cleaner, zero-emission vehicles in the state, thanks to Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) standards unanimously adopted by the Joint Albuquerque New Mexico Environmental Improvement and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Boards (“Boards”). With this […]

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NHTSA Agrees With Tesla & Increases Fines For Automakers Not Meeting Fuel Economy Rules

March 31, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, Electric vehicles, fuel economy standards, nhtsa, tesla, us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:59:03 +0000

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has agreed with Tesla in a move that will increase the fines for automakers whose vehicles don’t meet fuel efficiency requirements for model years 2019 and up, Reuters reports. The NHTSA has reinstated the increase in penalties on this topic which could cost other automakers hundreds of millions […]

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Trump’s Fuel Economy Plan Will Cost Americans Almost Half A Trillion Dollars

November 26, 2019 admin andrew wheeler, cars, clean transport, economic impact of lower fuel economy standards, EPA, Fossil Fuels, fuel economy standards, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:20:39 +0000

Trump’s rollback of fuel economy standards could cost Americans nearly half a trillion dollars by 2050 says Energy Innovation.

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Why Automakers Should Actually Care About The Environment

November 19, 2019 admin air quality, California, cars, chrysler, clean transport, climate change, consumer technology, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, emissions standards, energy efficiency, EPA, fiat, ford, fuel economy standards, gm, green economy, HEALTH, policy & politics, tesla, toyota, toyota 4runner

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:01:08 +0000

Dear Automakers, You should support the environment. In fact, without it, we would not be able to buy your cars. I mean, we would be dead if we didn’t have clean air to breathe. Same problem if a climate disaster kills us, or ruins our livelihood