{"id":31659,"date":"2023-04-13T14:30:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=31659"},"modified":"2023-04-13T14:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:30:32","slug":"new-us-vehicle-emissions-standards-to-accelerate-ev-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/new-us-vehicle-emissions-standards-to-accelerate-ev-sales\/31659\/","title":{"rendered":"New US vehicle emissions standards to accelerate EV sales"},"content":{"rendered":"
The proposed vehicle emissions standards will provide a range of benefits to the US, including improving air quality nationwide, reducing around ten billion tons of CO2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions (more than double the US\u2019 CO2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions in 2022), and saving approximately 20 billion barrels of oil imports.<\/p>\n The EPA is confident that the vehicle emissions standards will help accelerate the adoption of technologies that reduce fuel consumption and maintenance costs, which will save consumers an average of $12,000 over the lifetime of a light-duty vehicle. Overall, the EPA estimates the measures would save over $1tr.<\/p>\n Additionally, the new standards would help to mitigate premature deaths due to cardiovascular and respiratory conditions by reducing air pollution.<\/p>\n Michael Regan, the EPA Administrator, said: \u201cBy proposing the most ambitious pollution standards ever for cars and trucks, we are delivering on the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s promise to protect people and the planet, securing critical reductions in dangerous air and climate pollution and ensuring significant economic benefits like lower fuel and maintenance costs for families.<\/p>\n \u201cThese ambitious standards are readily achievable thanks to President Biden\u2019s Investing in America agenda, which is already driving historic progress to build more American-made electric cars and secure America\u2019s global competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n The US has set a target of prohibiting the sales of all new petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles from 2035 \u2013 a policy that has already influenced motorists across the nation to get ahead of the transport curve and switch to EVs.<\/p>\n Since the start of Joe Biden\u2019s Presidency, the uptake of zero-emission vehicles has risen significantly. The number of EV sales has increased three-fold, whilst the number of models on the market has doubled.<\/p>\nEV sales are rising exponentially in the US<\/h3>\n