DENVER (AP) — Colorado has adopted emission rules for cars and small trucks that incorporate California standards.
Friday's vote by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission enacts an executive order by Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Under the rules, new vehicles sold in Colorado must average 36 miles per gallon (15 kilometers per liter) by the year 2025. That's about 10 miles per gallon (4 kilometers per liter) over the existing standard.
With the vote, Colorado joins several other states in moving pre-emptively to avoid any weakening of federal emissions standards by the Donald Trump administration.
Auto industry representatives oppose the move as too hasty. They say it will drive up the cost of new vehicles and induce car owners to hang onto their older, more polluting, vehicles.
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tehjeffman on November 17th, 2018 at 06:13 UTC »
All these Subaru owners are going to be pissed.
TrollonPatrol on November 17th, 2018 at 05:37 UTC »
Before we can get everyone electric cars, the US needs to invest in infrastructure because traveling longer distances requires charging and the charging stations are few and far apart, often way off course.
AccordionORama on November 17th, 2018 at 05:25 UTC »
Also: Texas adopts Chinese emission standards.