EPA Vehicle GHG Plan Seen As Strong Push To Electrify Large Vehicles

EPA’s passenger vehicle greenhouse gas standards plan provides a particularly strong incentive for automakers to electrify larger vehicles, even as some efficiency groups express heartburn that not regulating electric vehicles’ (EVs) upstream emissions ignores achievable efficiency gains. The incentive for electrifying larger pickups and SUVs stems from the interaction of the rule’s assumption that EVs emit 0 grams of GHGs per mile (gpm), with the proposal’s revised “footprint” standards that offer progressively less flexibility for larger gasoline vehicles over time,...