The United States has adopted fuel economy standards that require increases in the on - road
efficiency of new passenger vehicles, with the goal of reducing petroleum use and (more recently) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
If the bill is passed, the
sale of new passenger vehicles powered by fossil fuels would be banned from January 1 2040, helping the state to achieve its target of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050.
The starting year for each of the technologies Kahane evaluated was the first year in which at least half
of all new passenger vehicles had such technologies.
In 1995 the Institute began to rate head restraint geometry, finding only 3 percent of vehicles had good head restraints while those in 82 percent
of new passenger vehicles were poor (see Status Report special issue: whiplash injuries, Sept. 16, 1995).
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety began rating the geometry of head restraints in 1995, finding only 3 percent of vehicles had good head restraints, while those in 82 percent
of new passenger vehicles were poor.