Sentences with phrase «tailpipe emissions»

The bill would also prevent the EPA from setting tailpipe emissions standards for cars and trucks, but the former is drawing more widespread controversy.

Lots of advantages and big reductions in tailpipe emissions of real polutants.

Since carbon dioxide (CO2) is the natural by - product of the combustion of fuel, the increased standards would also address climate change by reducing tailpipe emissions of CO2.

It will use electricity as its primary power source to drive the car without using gasoline or producing tailpipe emissions.

He is pleased with California's recent decision to continue working alongside NHTSA and EPA on tailpipe emissions for 2017 - 2025.

«Tucked deep into a 417 - page «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» was language by the Transportation Department stating that more stringent limits on tailpipe emissions embraced by California and 17 other states are «an obstacle to the accomplishment» of the new federal standards and are «expressly and impliedly preempted» by federal law.»

The S&T budget also supports our National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Testing Laboratory — a state of the art facility and national resource in Ann Arbor, Michigan that conducts the research and testing needed to develop and ensure compliance with tailpipe emissions standards — the safeguards that control and protect us from breathing in harmful chemical and particulate pollutants from transportation sources.

California upped the ante in 2005 by adding carbon dioxide to its list of regulated tailpipe emissions.

Refiners have dramatically changed fuel formulations across the country and continue to enable significant reductions in vehicle tailpipe emissions.

We successfully challenged the Bush administration's refusal to let California implement its own, stricter - than - national tailpipe emissions limits under the Clean Air Act, and in June 2009 the EPA issued a waiver to let California enforce its own automobile emissions rules, which also allowed a dozen other states to enforce the same rules.

When combined with gasoline, it increases octane levels while also promoting more complete fuel burning that reduces harmful tailpipe emissions such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.»

However, Kia's engineers are targeting a significant reduction in CO2 tailpipe emissions and a power increase of between 15 to 20 percent for any model which could be equipped with the new powertrain.

The Accord Plug - In is the first vehicle to achieve SULEV 20 emissions standards, with the lowest tailpipe emissions of any ICE vehicle currently available.

Automakers are already phasing in particle traps that cut tailpipe emissions from diesel engines by 90 percent or more.

This causes the torquey TDIs to actually spew up to 40 times more tailpipe emissions when driven in the real world.

The goal of this pilot program is to figure out how to integrate more vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions into the city's large taxi fleet (around 13,000 cabs).

What we need is a change in our transportation infrastructure, so that we have significantly fewer individual cars on the roads (replaced by modern mass transit like light - rail, bus rapid transit, separated bike paths, walkable neighborhoods, etc), and so that those that are there have much cleaner tailpipe emissions (hybrids like the AT - PZEV Prius are a step in the right direction, but we can do better).

The charts also show a breakdown of total emissions into tailpipe emissions at point - of - use (CO2: 2.15 tonnes, NOx + PMs: 6.3 kilograms), together with upstream emissions generated during fuel and vehicle production.

The Honda Clarity series was awarded the 2018 California Air Quality Award for Corporate Environmental Stewardship by the Coalition for Clean Air for proving drivers can reduce or even eliminate tailpipe emissions without sacrificing style, comfort or performance.

This ensures all performance parameters remain balanced and consistent * Offers a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 70 % (well - to - wheel), a measure of a fuel's net contribution to the atmosphere, not just tailpipe emissions

The vehicles were judged on things like tailpipe emissions, fuel consumption, and use of a major advanced powerplant technology.

The average new vehicle is emitting around 20 percent less global warming pollution and nearly 87 percent less smog - forming tailpipe emissions.

Unlike many heavy - weight hybrids which are incapable of any significant electric - only driving distances, the plug - in hybrid Countryman will be able to intermittently motor with zero tailpipe emissions while driving up to 125 km / h.

The V - 6 gets a ULEV II tailpipe emissions rating from the California Air Resources Board.

A total of 18 states, representing 45 percent of the nation's auto market, have either adopted or pledged to implement California's proposed tailpipe emissions rules, which seek to cut vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent between 2009 and 2016.

Cycling and walking charity Sustrans» chief executive Xavier Brice said: «The new Government must urgently improve the quality of the air that we breathe through an ambitious new Clean Air Act which tackles tailpipe emissions but also encourages a real shift in how people travel to the least polluting of all modes — walking and cycling.

In the face of the Supreme Court decision, the EPA could still refuse to control tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases, but such action will prove problematic given the decision and the EPA's mandate to regulate dangerous pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said today that it will let California set its own tailpipe emissions standards under a fresh interpretation of the Clean Air Act, The Los Angeles Times reports.

To achieve that end, as other countries express an interest in joining the race as part of their efforts to reduce hazardous tailpipe emissions in the transport sector, the lead organizations, DOT and MOT, can jointly elect to include others.

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.

The gas engine does get a bit buzzy at higher revs, which again detracts from the typical Range Rover experience a smidge, but Mother Earth likely prefers the noise over the increased tailpipe emissions of non-hybrid models.

Jurors considered the vehicle's overall environmental impact including tailpipe emissions and fuel consumption upon selecting the overall winner.

The electrification of passenger vehicles has the potential to address three of the most critical challenges of our time: Plug - in vehicles may produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions when powered by electricity instead of gasoline, depending on the electricity source; reduce and displace tailpipe emissions, which affect people and the environment; and reduce gasoline consumption, helping -LSB-...]

The Clean Air Act empowers the federal government to set tailpipe emissions standards, but a waiver granted to California allows the state to impose stricter air pollution standards than those set by the feds.

Tropical deforestation accounts for about 10 percent of the world's heat - trapping emissions — equivalent to the annual tailpipe emissions of 600 million average U.S. cars.

Further, unlike commercial vehicles, buses primarily operate through densely populated neighborhoods and commercial centers, directly exposing residents to hazardous tailpipe emissions impacting their health and welfare.

For one, there's the way fuel economy standards keep rising and tailpipe emissions keep falling.

Battered and abused by the regulatory behemoth, the automakers fear that the state of California --- which has a special waiver to impose more aggressive tailpipe emissions regulations, though no power over CAFE standards — will create a regulatory situation in which different rules apply in California than in other states.

The car was the winner because its «groundbreaking clean diesel» engine managed to meet America's «stringent tailpipe emissions standards» while also delivering «admirable fuel efficiency,» «satisfying performance,» and «a very reasonable» price.

California Governor Jerry Brown announced the suit's filing in Sacramento, accusing the EPA of «breaking the law» and putting children at risk by boosting asthma - inducing tailpipe emissions.

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University report statistical evidence that children exposed to airborne coarse particulate matter — a mix of dust, sand and non-exhaust tailpipe emissions, such as tire rubber — are more likely to develop asthma and need emergency room or hospital treatment for it than unexposed children.

Previous studies mainly have consisted of computer simulations of atmospheric chemical reactions based on tailpipe emissions studies.

Changes to the software can be made; the software then is to be re-certified to ensure that it meets tailpipe emission limits.

Finally, eDRIVE mode is purely electric, offering a max speed of 75 mph for a totally tailpipe emission - free ride.

Mini Cooper S - The answer to driving clean without losing an ounce of stylishness is the Mini Cooper S. Imbued with all the cheeky flair of the Mini, the PZEV version loses nothing but the extra tailpipe emissions.