California planning more ‘stringent standard’ for mileage and emissions

Posted: May 21, 2009
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California, home to Tesla Motors, is stepping up efforts to plan the next stage of clean air standards despite the fact that President Barack Obama announced his new proposal for fuel-economy regulations based on the state’s model.

“California will be immediately getting to work on what the standards should be for beyond 2016,” Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board, said in an interview Reuters. Nichols said that she expects “a much more stringent standard.”

U.S. Department of Transportation will set a 35.5 mpg fleet average target for 2016 while the EPA will set a fleet goal of tailpipe emissions of 250 grams of carbon per mile traveled by 2016.

The Big 3 U.S. automakers averaged a fuel-economy of 24-25 mpg in 2007.

- By: Kap Shah

Source: Reuters
Photo Credit: Samantha Appleton (Flickr)


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  • zermatt

    CARB is a bunch of assholes.

    Obama sets a national standard to give the manufacturers relief and the first thing CARB does is announce that they will come up with new standards for beyond 2016 that are even more ridiculous than the arbitrary number that Obama, Al Gore and the Sierra Club pulled out their asses.

    I wouldn't be surprised that the new CAR standard will make burping after having a fish taco illegal.

    If I were the automakers I wouldn't sell cars in California or any other state that adopts CARB manifesto requirements.

  • saddayinamerica

    another reason not to sell cars to California is that the state is BANKRUPT! I think Obama is going to own CA soon right after the banks, auto industry and healthcare!

  • Pat

    California needs to calm the hell down and relax…it's not the rest of the U.S.'s fault that your people drive Hummer and gas-guzzling cars and that your transportation system sucks ass that your people have to drive cars and be stuck in traffic all day

  • kabluey

    Is CARB an UAW affiliate or what? lol

    So they'll discriminate against gays and take 5 steps back, but oh the environment has higher placement?

    I agree with zermatt for once..

  • Dane

    Man, we wouldn't be worried about the 35/36 EPA if we stayed on Jimmy Carter's tracks…. If you remember he wanted 27.5 EPA by 1985 – 25 years ago!!!! Wow, just think what a great place this would be if Regan didn't screw everything up by 1982….

  • Dane

    I do though agree with Pat…. and if I can add…. California is a failure…

  • GMfan87

    crazy liberal wackos…its no wonder that that state is bankrupt

    and Dane, Reagan is an american hero

  • Dane

    Man, we wouldn't be worried about the 35/36 EPA if we stayed on Jimmy Carter's tracks…. If you remember he wanted 27.5 EPA by 1985 – 25 years ago!!!! Wow, just think what a great place this would be if Regan didn't screw everything up by 1982….

  • Dane

    I do though agree with Pat…. and if I can add…. California is a failure…

  • GMfan87

    crazy liberal wackos…its no wonder that that state is bankrupt

    and Dane, Reagan is an american hero