Colorado will move to become a zero-emissions vehicle state, following California and eight other states in the country. However, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is working to sway to the state otherwise, Reuters reported Monday.
A ZEV state requires an electric-car quota for automakers to continue selling cars in the state. The rule was first adopted in 1990 in California. Today, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Oregon are all ZEV-mandated states. The regulation often creates what are referred to as “compliance cars.”
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed an executive order this past January that will make Colorado a new ZEV state. Rules to adopt the standards in the state are scheduled to be revealed this month.
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents automakers such as General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, and Toyota, reportedly met with Governor Polis to convince him voluntary efforts make more sense, rather than new regulations. Among the voluntary efforts the trade group promised were increased electric-car marketing efforts, a push to inform buyers about a state-wide $5,000 EV rebate, and a commitment to make all electric cars currently sold in California available in Colorado by January 2020. The $5,000 rebate would also be available at the point of sale.
Thus far, the state hasn’t been swayed. It will continue to proceed on an initial hearing for its mandate, but it’s open to other ZEV paths.
The entire ability for states to join California and its regulations remains in limbo after the EPA proposed freezing fuel economy standards at 2020 levels through 2026. States have vowed to fight the Trump administration on the potential regulation change. GM has also thrown its support behind a single, national fuel economy standard that does away with California regulations.
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This is all one big pipe dream, first its a executive order that can easily be overturned by the next governor. Second Colorado of all states can’t survive on electric vehicles alone, too mountainous and large areas to travel to and from. there is no such thing as zero emissions vehicles. How do you think they create all the power. Wind farms and solar can’t keep up with people need now. Less the 1% of all the power is from Wind. People will just go out of state to purchase cars and trucks.
“there is no such thing as zero emissions vehicles. How do you think they create all the power.”
It depends on how the electricity is made. Yes, solar and wind aren’t 100% reliably, but they are indeed zero emission. So is hydro. So it nuclear.
Yes, nuclear power doesn’t emit C02 into the atmosphere.
I’m good with Nuclear power, but we have a problem people perception of Nuclear is making it very hard to build one. It can be done very safely but education regarding it is so bad people just frown on it immediately.
And this right here is exactly why were going to fall behind the EU and China. Special interests, Big Oil, and our very own Government cannot get on the same page. Every major Country around the World is committed to going full EV and our Government is still talking about Coal Mining jobs. It is insane.
I for one am Grateful GM sees the future and is trying to move to EV’s as quickly as possible. They know they sell around the World and cannot be leapfrogged by lets say VW and however many Chinese Car companies will be around.
I love ICE engines as much as anyone hence why I have been on this site from almost the beginning but things change. And as a true GM fan, I am glad they are doing so.
I very much agree with you here except the part where Gm is moving into EV’s as fast as possible – well maybe as fast as such a large dinosaur of a corp can I suppose. And as for the nuke proponents, Chernobyl, Fukushima, 3 mile island, and huge stock piles of unmanageable waste, etc. prove that how we have done it in the past has been insanity at it’s best. Yet I do know that thorium and other new tech is very doable now, but then so is zero point – still waiting for the mass sheeple to wake up on that one. In the mean time it sure seems a bit crazy to argue for the dirtiest possible solution to mobility in my humble opinion. And responding to other comments below, I am by no means a proponent of intrusive government at any level but we only have cleaner air and water (maybe) because of the pressures brought to bear by environmentally conscience people onto politicians and their lobbying cohorts, Other wise we would surely look much like a money driven China does today. When enough average Joes (pun intended) wake up to the need to properly care for our beautiful planetary home and vote with their mouths, wallets and ballots then government intervention will no longer be needed. Rules ( and rulers) are and have always been a result of people not able to think and act clearly for themselves. So ultimately it’s our every choice that leads the way forward.
Electric cars are not as big around the world as you think. I was in Europe 2 years ago trust me they are not any farther a long than we are. They use more rail than we do but on the backs of the tax payers. We also have larger areas to cover than they do. Yes electric cars in the city makes sense if there are charging locations. However the majority areas in the US ICE is the better alternative. We can turn every car into a Battery car and air quality will not change. You still will be using plenty of natural gas and other forms of fuel to power the majority of cities. The issue with all these battery powered cars is what do you do with the batteries after they are depleted. Until we get recycling under control most will just waste a way somewhere. Despite what the news says the US by far has cleaner air and water than any other country.