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On December 21, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) set forth its plans to amend the state’s clean air rules to adopt Low-Emission Vehicles (LEV) and Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) standards, known as the Clean Cars Minnesota rule. As described in MPCA’s Notice of Intent to Adopt Rules with a Hearing, the LEV standard would require automobile manufacturers to deliver for sale in Minnesota only those vehicles that can meet California’s more stringent greenhouse gas and other air pollutant emissions standards. The ZEV standard would further require automobile manufacturers to deliver for sale in Minnesota a certain percentage of vehicles with no tailpipe emissions. Automobile manufacturers could comply with the ZEV standard through the delivery of battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and hydrogen-fueled vehicles. If approved, the rule would apply to new passenger cars and light t
MPCA moves forward with new vehicle emissions standards
By FOX 9 Staff
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(FOX 9) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced Friday it is moving forward with a proposed clean car rule intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The MPCA said the Clean Cars Minnesota rule would adopt two new emissions standards for vehicles already used in other states around the country: the low emission vehicle (LEV) standard and the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) standard.
Low emission vehicle (LEV) standard regulates the amount of greenhouse gases and other harmful air pollution that new vehicles can emit, the MPCA said in a news release. The LEV standard only applies to new light- and medium-duty vehicles like cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks.