Sentences with phrase «auto emissions standard»

More on Obama and Cars Obama Kills Hydrogen Car Funding Obama to Automakers: Make Greener American Cars or Go Under Obama to Issue National Auto Emissions Standard: All Cars Must Get 42 MPG by 2016

A coalition of states, representing approximately 43 percent of the new - car sales market nationally, is suing the EPA to preserve auto emissions standards.

For example, the auto emissions standards to which Japanese manufacturers responded more quickly than American companies were imposed by governments.

The Trump Administration also demanded that California, which has its own state - based, more stringent auto emission standards, must follow the federal decision or face legal challenge.

They have leveled blistering criticism about Obama's efforts to slow down the Keystone Pipeline; they don't like his new auto emissions standards; they are unhappy with new EPA mercury emissions rules for boilers; and they don't like the fact that permits for drilling and fracking on federal lands have slowed.

Even if California adheres to its current auto emissions standards, population growth presents another challenge for reducing pollution levels.

However, a «rollback» is exactly what EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, in his own language, has promised, and his planned rewrite of auto emissions standards has been guided almost exclusively by the input of Ford and other automakers through the powerful Alliance of Auto Manufacturers (the Auto Alliance).

The authority to set auto emission standards was initially granted to the federal government by the 1970 Clean Air Act (CAA).

The Environmental Protection Agency's plans to ease auto emissions standards has particular resonance for Connecticut, with the potential to force the state to accept cars that are more polluting than it wants and make its notoriously bad air even worse.

(The Hill) • A Trump administration plan to fight California's authority to set its own auto emissions standards relies on «an extraordinarily weak legal argument,» experts say.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump today reached an agreement in principle on a revised U.S. - South Korea trade deal that would open the door to more exports of U.S. cars and trucks that fail to meet Korea's auto emissions standards.

Donald Trump has coerced South Korea into accepting changes in the U.S. - Korea trade agreement that would increase exports of U.S. cars that fail to meet Korea's auto emissions standards.

That's why we teamed up with multiple conservation groups and the Western Environmental Law Center to sue the federal government to allow for more stringent auto emissions standards.

California officials have said they will fight in court any attempt by the Trump administration to revoke or bypass their power to set their own auto emissions standards.

Not exact matches

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and 16 other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plan to scrap Obama - era auto - emissions standards that would require vehicles to get significantly higher gas mileage by 2025..

Regulators have steadily added tough safety, emissions and fuel efficiency standards, and in the U.S., class - action lawsuits that have yielded big judgments is putting additional pressure on auto companies.

«Mandating tough fuel economy standards on auto manufacturers will do far more to reduce greenhouse emissions than a tax,» wrote one CEO.

Twelve other states, including New York and Pennsylvania, as well as Washington, D.C., have adopted California's emission standards, setting up a face - off between more than 130 million residents — who own more than a third of the auto market — and the President.

Peter Sklar, auto - sector analyst at BMO Capital Markets, sees Linamar as best positioned among the Canadian auto - parts companies to exploit the tightening emission standards.

In a utopian world, Canadian auto workers would get huge raises, governments would lavish money on the industry, and cars would drive themselves as they met fuel efficiency and emissions standards effortlessly.

For example, they might point to the fact that Detroit auto makers could no longer resist demands for higher emissions standards when Japanese car companies showed they could meet the standards.

Almost on cue, Sessions disagreed, noting that he and other Republicans had joined with Democrats to help curb greenhouse gas emissions by supporting efforts to improve auto mileage standards and improve energy efficiency.

The auto standards are up for an obligatory mid-term review — the EPA will decide whether to adjust the emissions standards and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will announce its final fuel economy standards for model year 2022 — 2025 vehicles.

Emissions standards imposed upon auto engineering firms in the US could be set to change, as the Environmental Protection...

Ed Welburn, head of GM Design, says in his keynote address to the Washington Auto Show, «We'll use our technological expertise to work with the government to meet future CAFE and emissions standards.»

The previous round of CAFE talks, which dates back to 2007 when the industry dropped its lawsuits against California's proposed emissions standards and set the table for the combined fuel economy and CO2 federal rules, brought auto makers to the front lines in the war against climate change.

Neutered two years ago from the collapse of new - vehicle sales amid a foundering economy, auto makers dropped their historically combative stance over stricter rules and gave over to an historic hike in CAFE in return for a single national tailpipe emissions standard.

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Saving on gas and minimizing vehicle emissions can at times be as simple as the Auto Start - Stop technology standard on the new 2017 Ford Escape.

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ft. of torque @ 4,400 rpm; 3.25 final drive ratio; 3 additional gallons of gas; Anti-lock 4 - wheel disc brakes; Dual bright exhaust tips; Engine oil cooler; 50 - state emissions - Engine Auto Stop / start - Engine Oil Cooler - Consumer Generic Feature 0: Upgraded Engine - Rear Brake Type: disc - Front Brake Type: ventilated disc - Antilock Braking System: 4 - wheel ABS - Final Drive Ratio: 3.25 - Epa Combined Mpg: 22 - Epa City Mpg: 19 - Epa Highway Mpg: 27 - Fuel Capacity: 18.8 * Black Hood Decal * (originally: $ 199.00) * Trailer Tow Group * (originally: $ 495.00) 3.52 final drive ratio; 7 and 4 pin wiring harness; Class III receiver hitch; Heavy duty engine cooling; Trailer tow wiring harness; Auxiliary transmission oil cooler; Jeep Rack Off Road Accessory Kit; Auxiliary Transmission Cooler - Engine Oil Cooler - Auxilliary Transmission Cooler: auxiliary transmission fluid cooler - Consumer Generic Feature 0: Towing Hitch - Final Drive Ratio: 3.52 - Trailer Wiring - Trailer Hitch * 17 X 7.5 Aluminum Wheels * (originally: $ 495.00) * Cold Weather Group * (originally: $ 795.00) Heated front seats; Heated steering wheel; Jeep Rack off road accessory kit; Power heated exterior mirrors; Remote start system; Windshield wiper de-icer; Engine block heater - Heated Windshield Wiper Rests - Heated Passenger Seat: multi-level heating - Remote Engine Start - Block Heater - Consumer Generic Feature 0: Remote Start - Consumer Generic Feature 1: Heated seats - Exterior Mirror Adjustment: power - Heated Exterior Mirrors: heated - Heated Steering Wheel - Heated Driver Seat: multi-level heating * Quick Order Package 27E * (originally: $ 0.00) Vehicle with standard equipmentThis vehicle came with a free satellite radio subscription when it was new.

Now standard across the full F - 150 lineup, Auto Start - Stop Technology can help reduce fuel consumption and vehicle emissions during city driving.

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These efficient yet powerful engines are mated to an eight - speed automatic transmission as standard (the 320i and 328i include gearshift paddles) and combine with other BMW EfficientDynamics technologies including standard auto stop / start, brake energy regeneration and ECO PRO mode for the new driving experience control, to achieve the outstanding efficiency and emissions.

The high operating effectiveness of the engine, the standard - fitted Auto Start - Stop function and other examples of Efficient Dynamics technology, such as Brake Energy Regeneration helps to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by around 30 per cent.

Combined with other BMW EfficientDynamics technologies including the standard Auto Stop / Start, Brake Energy Regeneration and ECO PRO mode for the new Driving Experience Control, this highly efficient transmission helps ensure each of the new 3 Series Sedan models delivers the lowest fuel consumption and CO2 emissions when compared to their respective direct rivals.

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As part of the MINIMALISM concept, a range of fuel - and emission - reducing features are fitted as standard and / or in appropriate combinations, including Brake Energy Regeneration, the Auto Start / Stop function, Shift Point Display and the need - based operation of ancillary components.

For a long time now, California has always been allowed to set fuel economy and emissions standards that exceed the national standards, and auto makers simply have had to deal (usually by making all of their cars comply with the California standard).

Raising efficiency standards for autos, appliances and buildings is a good thing to do, but it won't transform our economy or cut emissions 80 %.

Regulating auto emissions is complicated by the fact that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is already charged with setting new standards for cars and light trucks, under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) system.

Obama has delivered new auto pollution standards that can guide us as we tackle the next climate challenges: slashing power plant emissions and oil use.

When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that his agency plans to roll back fuel efficiency and emissions standards for cars and light trucks, some observers saw it as a win for the auto industry and for consumers eager to purchase gas - guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks.

In 2012, the Obama administration approved the current emissions standards, negotiated as a compromise between the White House and the auto industry shortly after taxpayers rescued GM and Chrysler from financial collapse.

Proposals floated by Trump at the meeting reportedly included setting stricter emissions standards for imported cars than American - made autos, as well as subjecting foreign vehicles to a 20 % tariff and extending the efficiency standards until 2030, five years later than currently scheduled and a key demand from California.

As part of the «Historic Agreement» 12 brokered by Obama Environment Czar Carol Browner, California and other states agreed to consider compliance with EPA's greenhouse gas emission standards as compliance with their own.13 But in return, auto manufacturers and their trade associations had to support both the Tailpipe Rule and the California waiver.14 In a September 30, 2011 letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa summarized the terms for auto makers under the «Historic Agreement»: