Groups Offer Dueling Views Of Needed Ambition In EPA’s Auto Proposal

Environmentalists in initial advocacy to EPA are urging the agency to strengthen its proposed multi-pollutant standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles, including stronger requirements for gasoline vehicles, even as automakers say the proposal assumes too high of a rate of electric vehicle (EV) sales and should be scaled back. The competing testimony at EPA’s May 9-11 public hearing on the landmark proposal for model year 2027-2032 vehicles is foreshadowing upcoming comments from multiple groups on the rule, which envisions significant...