CA vehicle emissions rules would sharply cut smog
California is on the verge of approving the most stringent vehicle emissions regulations in the United States, forcing automakers to cut exhaust by two-thirds and begin mass-producing zero-emission vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
The California Air Resources Board is expected to vote today on a package of laws that would essentially require a 34 percent reduction in smog and a 75 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.
The regulations, called the Advanced Clean Car program, come after a battle with oil companies and the auto industry, which sued to stop a previous measure that would have required 10 percent of the vehicles for sale in the state by 2003 to produce zero tailpipe emissions.
This time - with hybrids and zero-emission vehicles already on the market - automakers have largely supported the regulations, which experts expect to be the start of a clean vehicle revolution that will sweep the nation.
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