Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation released their long-awaited revisions to federal fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards. To no one’s surprise, their preferred alternative is to essentially eliminate the standards—a predetermined outcome that the administration is now trying to defend with bogus analysis. The current standards were created in collaboration with California and the entire automotive industry and have directly made new cars and trucks cleaner and cheaper to drive. EPA and California Air Resources Board scientists spent years studying the standards, as was required, and concluded last year they are technologically feasible and cost-effective.

Trump Fuel Efficiency Rollback Is an Attack on Science and the Public Interest
August 2, 2018 10:28 AM EDT

What Will It Take for Automakers to Meet California’s EV Requirements? Not as Much as You Might Think.
April 26, 2017 9:28 AM EDT
California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation has been instrumental in catalyzing the EV market, and has also long been a source of complaint for automakers. But, automakers are demonstrating they can meet 2025 ZEV targets that requires them to sell less than 8% new EVs—and that meeting these targets is good for business. Read more >

California’s Opportunity to Show Leadership with Clean Cars
March 24, 2017 1:36 PM EDT
Today the California Air Resources Board will evaluate a midterm review of its Advanced Clean Car Program (ACC) and decide how it will move forward with standards designed to reduce global warming pollution and air quality pollutants from new vehicles. One key part of the standards, the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) regulation, requires auto manufacturers to make an increasing number of plug-in hybrid, battery electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles available to car buyers. The evidence shows that California’s ACC standards are working. Read more >
A Climate Action Roadmap: California Steps Up in Uncertain Times
January 20, 2017 12:07 PM EDT
The New Year ushers in a new U.S. presidential administration and a lot of uncertainty and angst for people who care about taking decisive action on climate change ( polls indicate that’s most of us.) Read more >
California Strives to Remain Ahead in Zero Emission Vehicles
September 26, 2012 3:31 PM EDT
California leads the nation in plug-in car sales, but the state isn’t resting on its laurels to maintain dominance in the emerging market for zero tailpipe emission vehicles. Read more >