In recent decades, China’s rapid
economic growth has enabled more and more consumers to buy their own cars. The result has been improved mobility and the largest automotive market in the world but also serious urban air pollution, high greenhouse gas emissions, and growing dependence on oil imports.
To counteract those troubling trends, the Chinese government has imposed policies to encourage the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). Since buying an EV costs more than buying a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, in 2009 the government began to provide generous subsidies for EV purchases. But the price differential and the number of buyers were both large, so paying for the subsidies became extremely costly for the government.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it was moving to reverse the Trump administration s 2019 decision to withdraw California s legal authority to set vehicle emissions rules and set zero-emission vehicle mandates.
The action follows the U.S. Transportation Department s announcement last week that it would launch the process to reverse the Trump rule that sought to preempt California s vehicle emissions under the federal government s authority to set Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements. The 2019 decision to revoke the state’s waiver to enforce its greenhouse gas pollution standards for cars and trucks was legally dubious and an attack on the public’s health and wellbeing,” EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said in a statement.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it was moving to reverse the Trump administration’s 2019 decision to withdraw California’s legal authority to set vehicle emissions rules and set zero-emission vehicle mandates.
The action follows the U.S. Transportation Department’s announcement last week that it would launch the process to reverse the Trump rule that sought to preempt California’s vehicle emissions under the federal government’s authority to set Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements.
“The 2019 decision to revoke the state’s waiver to enforce its greenhouse gas pollution standards for cars and trucks was legally dubious and an attack on the public’s health and wellbeing,” EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said in a statement.
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