EPA advisors approve report on emerging transportation issues

An EPA advisory panel has approved wide-ranging draft recommendations for what the agency should consider in response to changing transportation trends, including a possible zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) efficiency standard, a low carbon fuels standard and new lifecycle analysis for electric vehicles. EPA’s mobile sources technical review subcommittee at its Oct. 14 meeting approved the draft report, titled Future Mobility, though the panel’s approval is contingent on additional clarifying changes characterized by committee participants as minor. As previewed during the...