Subaru, whose U.S. sales were up 20 percent through August compared with the same eight months last year, needs more efficient drivetrain technologies to help it meet tougher U.S.
fuel economy and emissions rules that begin in the 2016 model year.
Honda is just one of the many automakers turning to electric vehicles to help them meet stringent new U.S.
fuel economy and emissions rules.
Not exact matches
Combination of economic trends
and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions
and economic trends are conspiring to cut
emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal
fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy
rules are ushering wind
and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal;
and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.
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.
Following the direction set by President Obama on May 21, 2010, NHTSA
and EPA have issued joint Final
Rules for Corporate Average
Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas
emissions regulations for model years 2017
and beyond, that will help address our country's dependence on imported oil, save consumers money at the pump,
and reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
That led to
rules that steadily reduce carbon
emission levels (
and parallel
rules to increase corporate average
fuel economy) from 2012 through 2025.
This includes announcing a withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, repealing the Clean Power Plan, rolling back vehicle
fuel economy standards, attempting to rescind
rules on methane
emissions from oil
and gas production on federal lands, ending the moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands,
and opening additional offshore areas to oil
and gas leasing.
New
fuel economy rules are designed to slash
fuel use, carbon dioxide
emissions,
and compliance costs.
The Trump administration is speeding toward all - out war with California over
fuel economy rules for cars
and SUVs, proposing to revoke the state's long - standing authority to enforce its own, tough
rules on tailpipe
emissions.
EPA
and DOT recently proposed
rules to implement the Obama Administration's May announcement that federal standards for
fuel economy and greenhouse gas
emissions from vehicles would be set to «harmonize» with California's groundbreaking greenhouse gas standards by 2016.
In a major victory over carmakers
and their attempts to rebuff state measures aimed to rein in GHG
emissions, Vermont won a court
ruling last week mandating that auto companies work to develop new technologies to raise their
fuel economy standards.
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