People say the next step will be made public on Wednesday. The EPA controls and limits the pollution the transportation network can release. This effectively raises the standards for fuel economy. The new laws, which apply to cars with model years between 2027 and 2032, do not forbid or force people to buy EVs. This month, NHTSA (NHTSA) will likely set similar fuel economy limits. Biden’s EPA (EPA) will announce what insiders are already calling the toughest-ever pollution rules for new cars and light trucks next week. The goal is to make the air cleaner and get more people to drive electric vehicles. The Associated Press wrote about the expected announcement after talking to people who knew about the proposal but didn’t want to be named because it had yet to be made public. This is not a ban on engines that run on gasoline. But the new rules won’t just stop people from buying new cars with internal combustion engines or force people to switch to electric vehicles. Instead, they would be the next step in the US government’s larger plan to improve our transportation system. By 2030, the government hopes that half of all new cars sold in the country will be zero-emission cars, which it defines as all-electric, plug-in hybrid, or fuel-cell vehicles. This is what President Biden has said he wants to do. The stricter standards dealing with greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide will apply to vehicles made between 2027 and 2032. The draft guidelines will be released this week, but the Los Angeles Times reports that manufacturers have been trying for “a few years” to delay the new pollution restrictions. The EPA is almost silent (Yet) The EPA rules emissions for new cars s old in the United States in groups. For example, the rules for vehicles with model years 2021 through 2026 were finished in the spring of 2020. It turned out that the rules were more relaxed than expected. The first proposed rule would have required a fleet-wide average of 54.5 mpg for the 2025 model year, but the final rule lowered that to 46.7 and 40.4 mpg. According to the EPA’s most recent press release about new light-duty vehicle emission standards for the 2027-2032 model years, the MY 2026 rules “set the Agency’s next round of standards for MY 2027 and beyond, as well as the light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) program, on a solid footing.” The goal of these new rules, which will take effect next week, is to “speed up the fleet’s transition to a zero-emission future in line with President Biden’s plans.” The deadline given by the EPA is December 20, 2021. Even though other agencies are still looking at the new rules, the EPA told the Los Angeles Times that it would not publicly say anything about them. On Wednesday, the new rules are likely to be made public. This month, the EPA is also expected to change the practices about how much pollution comes from heavy-duty trucks and power plants. The new fuel economy rules from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are also due in April.
