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US targets 50% ZEV sales by 2030, borrows California-brokered clean car standards

Published 17:43 on August 5, 2021  /  Last updated at 22:48 on August 5, 2021  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

US President Joe Biden (D) signed an executive order on Thursday that aims for half of all new vehicle sales to be zero emissions by 2030, as two federal agencies proposed to partially overturn the Trump administration's clean car rollbacks by adapting vehicle GHG standards negotiated by California and several automakers.
US President Joe Biden (D) signed an executive order on Thursday that aims for half of all new vehicle sales to be zero emissions by 2030, as two federal agencies proposed to partially overturn the Trump administration's clean car rollbacks by adapting vehicle GHG standards negotiated by California and several automakers.


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