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An excellent example of a well meaning regulation with weird real world consequences. The new EU directive to hit 95g CO2/km is a much better regulation since
by theluketaylor 7y ago
An excellent example of a well meaning regulation with weird real world consequences.
The new EU directive to hit 95g CO2/km is a much better regulation since it directly measures the goal: less carbon emitted. It also measures the fleet more directly, unlike CAFE that carves out tons of categories. It does allow for the double counting of EVs for a few years which incentivizes doing the R&D on EVs rather than paying penalties.
- Ndymium 7y agoThe issue with the EU directive is that it measures emissions just from the tailpipe, not for their lifetime. So an electric car always has 0 emissions even if driven on coal electricity. And a biogas car would have the same as a natural gas one. This hurts things like biogas needlessly. There have been efforts to change this, don't know their status.