Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

District of Columbia 262

District of Columbia DC Transportation Rhode Island 262

Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The City Planning Commission of South Burlington recently approved zoning changes bringing a Tesla Vermont center closer to approval. Tesla plans to refurbish a former Hannaford grocery store in South Burlington into its first dealership in Vermont. Tesla Vermont Center. Tesla used to dominate Vermont’s EV sales.

Vermont 98

Vermont C1 Tesla Store 98

Teslarati

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Missouri State Attorney General commented, “If California can set restrictive ‘gas emissions’ standards, manufacturing becomes astronomically expensive, and those additional costs are passed onto consumers, many of which are Missourians.”

California 132

California District of Columbia St. Louis Rhode Island 132

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. The request was subsequently denied in December 2007. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.

EPA 150

EPA Grant California Rhode Island 150

Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2023

On top of this, California would be accelerating a regulation already established by the federal government, which would further limit the emission of nitrous oxides and particulate from diesel vehicles. Finally, California would require truckmakers to ensure their new emission controls continue to work over the vehicle’s lifetime.

California 98

California Diesel Peterbilt Washington 98

Baua Electric

JUNE 10, 2024

Virginia will stop following California’s stricter emissions standards, which would have put the state on track to end sales of nearly all new internal-combustion cars by 2035, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced last week. So Youngkin plans to revert Virginia to the federal emissions standards on January 1, 2025.

California 52

California Rhode Island Virginia Connecticut 52

Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant California’s request to carry out its own clean car standards not only clears the way for the Schwarzenegger-led state to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions, but it is likely to effect at least 13 additional states too.

Clean 32

Clean Cleaning Standards Rhode Island 32