Emissions Standards

Can't California and Washington just split the difference and get on with it, one exec asks?

From Congress to Facebook ads, Marathon Petroleum used every trick.

Automaker will ask the Trump administration for a standard like California's.

Air quality board says automakers must still meet Obama standards.

California could add thousands of dollars in incentives for electric cars

Compromise to Trump freeze would raise standards 2 percent annually.

'It is not too late to choose a better way.'

Stand by for more meetings, but they hope to reach a common goal

California, 18 other states and D.C. are suing

But EPA chief would be open to a deal between California, automakers.

The rule lacks 'a public process for soliciting input from the scientific community'

The Trump administration is considering ways to require imported automobiles to meet stricter environmental standards in order to protect U.S. carmakers, according to two sources familiar with the administration's thinking.

Real world and used-car exhaust measurements need to be taken to prevent violations, US official says.

The new standards go into effect in 2021 for trucks and vans.

The Germans have an idea: when calculating fleetwide emissions rules at the end of the decade, don't count the 20 percent of our vehicles that are truly road-mauling gas guzzlers. That's more or less what the German government is asking for in its attempt to get the European Union to be a little more lenient about its strict emissions mandate for 2020, Bloomberg News

We're not sure how to translate "biting the hand that feeds you" to French, but we're pretty sure the phrase is appropriate here. See, Renault recently won funding of about $28 million from the European Commission to develop diesel-hybrid powertrains for commercial vans. The thing is, the French company Danny King

Would a global vehicle emission standard make sense? After all, as Automotive News writer Richard Truett points out, "Clean air is clean air no matter what continent it blows over." But, while attending a recent automotive industry conference in Traverse City, MI, Truett heard Chris Gundler, the director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, respond to a question about the US and European Union adopting uniform emissions s

It may not be on most people's news radar, but the West African nation of Nigeria has a problem with the effects of roadside pollution. As Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria has its share of smog-filled cities, congested roads and aging vehicles. In an effort to clear the air, Nigeria will, effective December 1, 2012, require all vehicles sold within the country to meet Euro II emissions standards, according to Nigeria's National Automotiv

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to adopt more stringent ground-level emissions standards for engines used primarily in commercial aircraft, including Boeing's 737, 747, and 767. If approved, the proposed regulations would reduce ground-level nitrogen oxide emissions by an estimated 100,000 tons nationwide by 2030.