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EPA testing green pavement to clean rainwater runoff

Green pavement? What's so exciting about that? If I wanted to test out some green pavement, all I'd need to do is make a run to the local Home Depot, pick up a can of green paint and dump it outside my driveway, right? Well, that's not exactly what we're talking about here, of course. But just what is "green pavement" anyway? In this case, the pavement in question has been designed to suck up the nasty pollutants from vehicles and fertilizers from rainwater runoff. Here's what EPA Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou has to say on ... Read more →

HFO-1234yf: Get used to hearing it Jeremy Korzeniewski

What the heck is HFO-1234yf? That's the name of a new refrigerant that's reportedly 350-times less damaging to the atmosphere than the current HFC-134a (or 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane, if you ...

Feds release 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, Prius still most miserly Jeremy Korzeniewski

Quick – what's the most fuel efficient car currently for sale in America? Did you guess the Toyota Prius? If so, give yourself a cookie, you're right. According to the U.S. Environmental ...

Zero Motorcycles nabs EPA Certificate of Conformity, gets rated at 455 mpg Jeremy Korzeniewski

We still think it's a wee bit odd that electric motorcycles need a Certificate of Conformity from the Environmental Protection Agency, but that is indeed the case and Zero Motorcycles has issued a ...

Ford says "Change the World" with Energy Star, lightbulbs, etc. Sebastian Blanco

It's not that the Fusion hybrid isn't a decent part-electric vehicle, it's just that Ford thinks you should change your lightbulbs as well as the car in your driveway. Ford has joined up with the ...

REPORT: EPA planning to address outlandish fuel economy claims of electric cars 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The EPA is aware that range-extended electric vehicles can game the current fuel economy test to deliver mileage estimates way up in the stratosphere. It makes for impressive advertising, like General Motors' touting of the Chevrolet Volt's estimated 230 mpg, but the EPA wants to give a more ...

ETV Motors challenges EPA on emerging plug-in MPG rules 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

ETV Motors, the company behind the modified Prius with an extended-range microtubrine, believes that the EPA's emerging MPG methodology for plug-in vehicles – the one that allowed GM to proclaim a 230 mpg rating for the Chevy Volt and which Nissan used to say the all-electric Leaf gets 367 mpg ...

EPA and DOT announce new fuel economy, greenhouse gas plan: CO2 emissions take center stage over MPG 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Back in May, the Obama Administration raised the national CAFE standard to 35.5 mpg (for cars and trucks) by 2016. The higher standard would build from the 27.3 mpg 2011 standard and go up five percent each year until 2016. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of ...

C/D drills down to find out what goes into EPA fuel economy ratings 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever wonder what actually goes into determining the rated fuel economy of a new car or truck? Anyone with a vehicle that's failed to live up to its EPA estimated figures would surely fit into that camp – especially if the car or truck were purchased in large part to its high mileage ...

Chevy Volt's 230 mpg rating, ad campaign comes under fire from Bill Ford, AdAge 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Chevrolet Volt's 230 mpg number continues to be questioned. The latest to criticize is Bill Ford, who takes issue not only with the General Motors-approved 230 figure, but also Nissan's claim that its Leaf EV will get 367 mpg. The real culprit here, Ford said, is the EPA's methodology, which ...

EPA backs away from GM claim of 230 mpg for Volt 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, we're not the only ones trying to figure out the exact methodology that was used to determine the supposed 230 mile per gallon city rating claimed by General Motors for the upcoming Chevy Volt. In response to a query from the boys at Green Car Advisor, the EPA issued the following ...

Chevy Volt gets 230 mpg, but how? 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Neither General Motors nor the EPA are making declarative statements about how, exactly, the 2011 Chevy Volt will achieve it's much-touted 230 mpg rating that was announced today. GM's most clear statement (available in full after the break) says that some consumers "may be able to be in pure ...

GM announces that 2011 Chevrolet Volt will get 230 mpg city! 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

In case you missed it this morning, General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson made some big news just one month after the "new" GM emerged from bankruptcy protection. First of all, Henderson announced that the GM FastLane blog would now be used to solicit feedback on new designs directly from ...

REPORT: EPA's cellulosic ethanol estimates proved wrong by fraudulent company 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The EPA issued a report not long ago stating that the U.S. would produce 100 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol in 2010, with 70 percent of this production expected to come from a single company in Alabama called Cello Energy. The EPA might have put a few too many eggs in a single basket this ...

X Rider nabs first EPA Certification of Conformity for electric motorcycles 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

We got a note from Xtreme Green Vehicles last week announcing that their X Rider was the first electric motorcycle to receive a Certificate of Conformity from the EPA. We thought this was unusual, since X Rider is not the only ebike available (see Zero X and Brammo for two examples), but it turns ...

Don't play in the street: EPA will study effects of roadway air pollution 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

With all the work being done to reduce the amount of petroleum products used on the nation's roadways, there's still an awful lot of gas being burned on every street, every day. The EPA is funding a $1.4 million joint study with the University of Michigan on the health effects of air pollution on ...

Dead Diesels: Six automakers reportedly kill plans for oil burners 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Diesel's near-term prospects in America took a huge hit with the revelation that nine diesel-powered 2010 models are on hold. Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have put the kibosh on rolling out more oil burners due to cost and perception issues. Toyota's obviously on a ...

EPA reverses decision, approves California's greenhouse gas emissions waiver 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The saga of California's greenhouse gas waiver has come to an end with the EPA deciding that the state can indeed enforce its own GHG emissions standards for new motor vehicles. This means that, at least between now (with current model year vehicles) and when the 2012 MY vehicles arrive, California ...

EPA rates new CVT-equipped Subaru Legacy at 23 mpg city, 31 mpg highway 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The EPA has finished its work on the new 2010 Subaru Legacy and, in spite of growing in size, the mid-sized sedan now sports better fuel economy numbers. In its efforts to capture a unique niche of the car market, Subaru still makes all-wheel-drive standard on all its U.S.-market cars. ...

EPA will push clean diesel grant money in Ohio on Wednesday 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

In a rare move that probably won't attract the level of controversy or public comments that seem to be standard for EPA announcements these days (e.g.: California waiver), administrator Lisa Jackson will be in Ohio on Wednesday to talk about American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 grants for ...

Responses to higher CAFE standard from Plug In America, Auto Alliance, more 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

In President Obama's speech this afternoon about the new 35.5 mpg CAFE standard for 2016, he made sure to emphasize the broad support for the new national rule. From the responses we're seeing around the web following the announcement, it's clear that he wasn't just expressing a hope that a broad ...

EPA starts public hearing on greenhouse gas 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

A month ago, the EPA officially ruled that greenhouse gases (e.g., CO2) are harmful to human health because they, among other negative impacts, damage the environment and can raise sea levels and cause more wildfires. Tomorrow, the EPA will hold its first public hearing on the finding. The ...

EPA: let's talk about that E15 raise a little longer 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is looking into what might happen to the environemnt if the maximum level of ethanol mixed into the national liquid fuel supply is increased from 10 percent (where it is today) to 15. This is raising all sorts of issues, as we've pretty much described to ...

2010 Chevy Equinox expected to hit 32 mpg highway 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in January when General Motors rolled out the new 2010 Chevy Equinox, they announced the four cylinder version with the new 2.4-liter direct injected EcoTec was expected to get 30 mpg on EPA highway cycle. Since then, the powertrain engineers have continued to tweak the calibrations to eke ...

Auto Alliance responds to EPA's CO2 warning 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Today's EPA's decision to put CO2 on the list of greenhouse gases that endanger human health sets up a totally predictable confrontation with the Auto Alliance. The reason is that if CO2 can be regulated, then there is the potential for individual states (i.e., California) to enact their own ...

Officially Official: EPA rules greenhouse gases are harmful to human health 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Finally. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has today ruled that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are harmful to the health of humans and will therefore be listed amongst the other pollutants that can be regulated by the Clean Air Act. According to the official report, ...

EPA wants to hear your thoughts on E15 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a call today that asks for comments on what would happen if E15 became common in the national gasoline supply. In early March, Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers submitted an application for a waiver that would allow them to increase the blend ...

Ford Fusion's returning low mpg in cold weather test drives 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's no surprise that cold weather does a number on a hybrid's fuel economy, but we now have a second major reviewer who's having trouble getting the Ford Fusion hybrid to reach the hybrid's EPA rating of 41 mpg city/36 highway result. USAToday reviewer Jim Healey likes the Fusion over the ...

EPA proposes mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions report for automakers, big emitters 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Automakers, fuel suppliers and engine builders would be among the organizations that would have to submit annual reports on their CO2 (and other greenhouse gas) emissions to the EPA, should a new proposed rule go through. In all, the 13,000 facilities that account for 85-90 percent of the GHGs ...

Toyota corrects Prius mpg rating to 51 city/48 highway/50 combined 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

In our Prius info overload post from last week, we highlighted the official (though preliminary) mileage rating for the 2010 model, which Toyota had told us would be 50 mpg city, 49 mpg highway (they'd already revealed the 50 mpg combined number in Detroit). We just got an email from Toyota ...

CARB's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, EPA rules might put the hurt on biofuels 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The proposal from the California Air Resources Board for a Low Carbon Fuel Standard that we mentioned the other day might deal a blow to the biofuels industry. The LCFS might be one way for California to meet its stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through lowered carbon in California ...

Honda factories get EPA Energy Star Awards 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

While a study came out a couple of years ago that compared the environmental impact of the Hummer H2 and the Toyota Prius has been repeatedly debunked, it did raise an important issue while it twisted and manipulated facts: it takes energy to produce and sell a new vehicle. A lot of energy. Over ...

EPA looking into regulating CO2 for the first time ever; national auto emissions standard coming? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

More potential changes in the way the EPA does business. Following the decision to re-open the states' rights question on limiting carbon emissions and the California waiver issue, President Obama said yesterday that the EPA could soon take on CO2 more broadly. The EPA could decide by early April ...

Obama looks to change California's EPA waiver status; big changes could follow 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Big news on the emissions regulation front today. For years, California has been in the driver's seat (or at least the co-pilot's chair) when it comes to American emissions regulations thanks to the grandfathered ability of the state to define its own rules. These rules were almost always ...

Obama to revisit states' rights on carbon emissions 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

In an announcement that should come as little surprise to anyone paying close attention, Lisa Jackson, President-elect Obama's newly-nominated EPA administrator, has said that she will immediately revisit the topic of whether individual states have the right to enact laws governing carbon emissions. ...

EPA Administrator declares that CO2 CAN'T be considered for power plants! 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

With just weeks to go before the Bush administration cedes power, executive orders and regulatory decisions gutting all sorts of federal rules are flying out from Washington. One of the most recent has come from the office of EPA administrator Stephen Johnson. Johnson has decreed that the agency ...

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