Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The US looks set to use so-called “E15” gasoline throughout the summer. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will announce that the US Environmental Protection Agency will issue a national emergency waiver allowing the use of the ethanol-gasoline blend between June 1 and September 15 as Americans complain about high […]
Enlarge / The Biden plan does not include a requirement that all new vehicles be zero-emissions at any point in the future. (credit: Richard Newstead/Getty Images) On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that by 2030, half of all new cars and light trucks should be zero-emissions vehicles—a mix of battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid EVs, […]
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office as he signs a series of orders at the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) One of the first official actions taken by President Joe Biden after […]
(credit: Toyota) On Thursday, Toyota reached a settlement with the US government over a decade of noncompliance with Clean Air Act reporting regulations. Under the law, defects or recalls that affect vehicle emissions equipment have to be reported to the Environmental Protection Agency. But, says EPA assistant administrator Susan Bodine, “[f]or a decade Toyota failed […]
Expand / A considerate soul decides to poison the atmosphere as he pushes through the infield at Daytona International Raceway throughout the 2016 Rolex 24 race. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) I recall the first-time someone wrapped lava on me. It had been 2006, and that I had been driving to work in the University of Kentucky. […]
Expand / The ID electrical vehicles will be the long term for Volkswagen. (charge: Volkswagen) On Wednesday, Volkswagen announced that the coming electric car currently has a formal variety. {The US Environmental Protection Agency has verified the ID.4 crossover will travel 250 kilometers (402km) on {} charge.|} In the beginning, that the ID.4 will likely […]
Expand / / A 1980s Mercedes-Benz petrol belches exhaust fumes from London. Individuals anticipated diesel engines of the classic to be cluttered, however, we had a right to trust that diesel motors marketed within the last decade complied with emissions legislation. Turns out, they still do not. (charge: Richard Oliver/Getty Pictures ) In 2020 it […]