subject: The United States To Develop New Standards For Vehicle Fuel Consumption To Encourage Zero-emission - [print this page] United States and Canada on April 1 to complete the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to fuel consumption vehicles new standards. This is the U.S. government since the first time since the introduction of the 70's car fuel economy standards.
Stringent emission standards Development of new fuel economy standards
U.S. President Barack? Obama leading clean energy use and climate change part of its commitment. On climate change and energy through comprehensive legislation is still waiting for Congress.
New standards require automakers average fuel consumption of all vehicles by 2016, can run 15.1 km per liter of oil require an average carbon dioxide emissions down to 155 grams per kilometer.
New standard by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation have completed, will gradually implemented since 2012.
Environmental Protection Agency announced last December, scientific research shows that greenhouse gases on the environment and human health hazard. The position limit for the U.S. government introduced the policy laid the theoretic basis for scheduling. Government of Canada completed the same day
vehicle fuel economy standards. Environment Minister Jim? Prentice said that Canada and the United States will limit vehicle exhaust emissions, "effective sharing of uniform standards."
He said Canada and U.S. government is Cooperation Development of tractor-trailer's fuel consumption standards, the relevant standards should be introduced in a few months.
Economic and environmental win-win U.S. Director of Environmental Protection Lisa? Jackson said the new standard historic, will the U.S. economy and the environment win-win.
The Environmental Protection Department's estimates, the new auto fuel economy standards would cost per vehicle on average an extra 950 dollars, but overall it will reach 240 billion U.S. dollars income. Savings from lower fuel costs and medical expenses caused by automobile exhaust pollution reduction.
Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the new standards will reduce U.S. consumption of cars in the life of 18 million barrels of crude oil and 960 tonnes of carbon emissions. This is equivalent to U.S. roads every year and 58,000,000 vehicles.
The agency also expects the full implementation of the new standards, each driver in the life of a car can save about 3,000 U.S. dollars.
Encourage zero-emission New standard was welcomed by vehicle manufacturers, as this is the first U.S. single vehicle emission control standards, develop their own different standards before the state, so that enterprises dazzling cars.
GM said in a statement: "Although these requests were challenges, but we believe we have the ability required to achieve vehicle fuel economy."
General Motors has announced the first car "Chevrolet Volt" car off the assembly line. "Chevy Volt" is a plug-in hybrid, mass production later this year. This series of energy saving vehicles are GM cars strategy.
The new requirements under the U.S. government, each car maker was first off the assembly line of 200 000 electric cars will be "zero emission" rating. Auto manufacturers will use "zero emission" rating in more vehicle exhaust those emissions rating, so that the average emissions of all vehicles comply with national standards.
But General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler called on all electric vehicles should be "zero emission" rating.
