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EV tools launched

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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August 28 2011

The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy launched two online tools August 22 designed to help communities better prepare for widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles

CAFE standards forthcoming

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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November 13 2011

The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to publish the official proposal for the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards this week

States to streamline electric vehicle rules

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 24 2011

State officials from 10 Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states announced a new plan October 19 to spur electric vehicle deployment along the East Coast

ARPA-E 2013 goals

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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April 1 2012

During a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development hearing March 28, the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy Director Arun Majumdar said that the agency would emphasize projects related to transportation and stationary power systems in fiscal year 2013

Energy and climate debate

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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April 1 2012

Congress finished a few things on its plate last week as it prepared to leave Washington to begin a two-week recess

Fuel standards investigation expands

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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December 4 2011

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) expanded his investigation into the administration’s greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks last week, requesting that 15 automobile manufacturers detail their negotiations with administration officials about the rules by December 12

No link between emissions limits and vehicle cost

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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December 11 2011

The European Commission recently published a study that found no evidence that European Union environmental legislation to limit vehicle emissions has increased manufacturers’ costs or car prices

Fuel economy report

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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March 11 2012

The Environmental Protection Agency released its annual Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 Through 2011 report March 8, finding that the average fuel efficiency for new cars and light duty trucks has increased while average CO2 emissions continue to decrease for the seventh consecutive year

Maintenance for selective catalytic reduction challenged

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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March 11 2012

Navistar filed a petition for review March 2 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of new emissions related maintenance and scheduled maintenance intervals related to selective catalytic reduction technology in vehicles

EVs cheaper, cleaner

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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April 22 2012

The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report April 16 concluding that electric vehicles are cheaper to charge and emit less CO2 than gasoline vehicles, even in areas with coal-fired utilities