the case for nationwide standards fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulation for motor...
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The Case for
Nationwide Standards Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation
for Motor Vehicles
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Participants
Shane KarrAlliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Cody LuskAmerican International Automobile Dealers Association
Mike StantonAssociation of Internation Automobile Manufacturers
David ReganNational Automobile Dealers Association
In December 2007, the U.S. Congress passed, and President Bush signed into law, H.R. 6, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). The energy legislation’s centerpiece was an unprecedented increase in Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.
EISA:
•… is a dramatic and unprecedented mileage increase. This is a 40 percent increase in mileage standards by 2020, with additional increases required through 2030.
•… is a fuel economy milestone. The energy bill marks the first fuel economy standard increase by Congress since 1975.
•…provides the opportunity for major reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. Burning fuel produces carbon dioxide, so higher mileage will result in a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from individual vehicles by 2020. 3
California AB 1493• In 2002 the California legislature passed AB 1493 which
directed the Air Resources Board (CARB) to create a regulation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. In 2005 CARB promulgated the regulation for MY2009-2016.
• Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas.
• Carbon dioxide regulations are synonymous with fuel economy standards. The U.S. EPA measures carbon dioxide to determine the fuel economy of new vehicles.
• Federal law prohibits states from setting fuel economy standards.
• In order to implement these standards California needed to apply for a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• In December 2007, EPA announced its intention to deny California’s waiver. In February 2008, EPA formally denied the waiver.
• Legislation has since been introduced in both the House and Senate (H.R. 5560 and S. 2555) to overturn EPA’s waiver decision.
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Critical Differences Between Federal and California Standards
EISA CA(1493)Different overall MPG Stringency 35 mpg 42.5 mpg
Small Trucks in Car Definition No Yes
Attribute Based Standards Yes No
Domestic/Import Fleets Distinction Yes No
FFV Credit Yes No (unless exclusive use of Alt Fuels)
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OverviewNationwide standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles:
• Allow CO2 emissions reductions by motor vehicles to be part of a comprehensive national climate change program that fairly allocates the contributions among all sectors of the economy.
• Eliminate the confusion, unnecessary duplication, market disruption and increased compliance costs that result from a patchwork of state and federal standards.
• Guarantee that all States have input and share the risks and rewards, rather than letting certain states dictate the national agenda.
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Nationwide standardsAllow CO2 emissions reductions by motor vehicles to be part of a comprehensive national climate change program that fairly allocates the contributions among all sectors of the economy.
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According to EPA*, autos account for 20% of all
man-made carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S.
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
The Transportation
Sector, which includes
trucking, airlines, ships
and boats, railroads and
autos, produces
about 32% of
U.S. CO2 emissions.
*www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/
usinventoryreport.html
20% Passenger Cars & Light Trucks
31% Industry
12% Other Transportation
16% Commercial
19% Residential
2% Agriculture
Autos are 20% of U.S. Emissions of CO2
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More MPG = Less CO2
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EISA CAR + LDT FUEL ECONOMY AND CO2 EMISSIONS
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Sources: Fuel Economy: Air Improvement Resource Draft Combined Car+LDT Estimate for 2007 Energy Bill CO2 Conversion: 19.564 ibs CO2/gallon, from EIA, http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1650/coefficients.html
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According to EPA’s Analysis of Lieberman-Warner (S.2191), EISA reduces a greater percentage of CO2 from autos than S.2191 proposes to reduce from any other sector by 2020
25.0%
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S.2191 Federal EISASources: S2191 percent benefit estimated from EPA's Reference and S2191 ADAGE model cases in "EPA Analysis of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008, March 14, 2008, Table: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions for 2020, page 125. HR6-CAFÉ standard percent benefit estimated from EISA 2020 target of 35 mpg car+LDT converted to CO2, and 2006 estimated car +LDT 25 mpg converted to CO2 (CO2 = 19.564 lbs/gallon from EIA, www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html).
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Nationwide standardsEliminate the confusion, unnecessary duplication, market disruption and increased compliance costs that result from a patchwork of state and federal standards.
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Under Nationwide standards, automakers have the flexibility to average sales in one state or region with sales in other states. Here are some examples of estimated state fuel economy values in 2020 under EISA.
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Under the California standards supplying vehicles that are identical to those offered in California will not assure compliance in New York or Vermont. Here are some examples of estimated state fuel economy averages under California’s AB 1493 in 2016.
Because California’s standards are applied to individual manufacturers not the overall industry fleet, the challenge for individual manufacturers to meet the standards will be substantial.
Source: AIR estimate based on 2007 R.L. Polk sales data and 2007 EPA Trends Report.
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Emergence of a Cross-Border Sales Loophole -Vehicle sales vs. vehicle registrations -Policy goals unmet -Needlessly disrupting local economies
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Nationwide Standards Guarantee that all States have input and share the risks and rewards, rather than letting certain states dictate the national agenda.
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No State Regulatory Agency Should Be a Surrogate For the U.S. Congress
EISA establishes nationwide fuel economy standards
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Only Congress can balance disparate interests and impacts of fuel economy regulations• While Congress gave California the right to be a laboratory
for Clean Air Act standards, these standards are very different
• Tailpipe standards have local impacts
• Regulation of greenhouse gases are a nationwide/worldwide challenge
• California’s GHG standards would require redesign of the entire vehicle (7.5 mpg above EISA)-not just exhaust after-treatment
• No single state agency should have such broad-reaching authority for issues that are national or even global in scope, not local
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Most States That Have Adopted California Standards Have Little or No Auto Manufacturing or Related Employment
California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington 18
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Beyond Fuel Economy
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Fuels
Cleaner fuels = cleaner cars• Vehicles and fuels are a system; cleaner fuels mean lower
emissions• Cleaner fuels also enable new technologies (e.g., fuel efficient
lean burn gasoline engines cannot be used in this country because sulfur is too high)
• RFS/LCFS will further reduce CO2 from transport sector
Infrastructure• 12 million alternative fuel capable vehicles on the road today• H.R. 6 incentivizes additional production of alt-fuel capable
vehicles• Need to grow E85 outlets -- less than 1300 out of 170,000
stations• FFV owners must be encouraged to use more E85
R&D to develop next generation of vehicles• Batteries, batteries, batteries…
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Consumers & Policymakers• Incentivize fuel efficient vehicles; new
technologies
• Reducing Traffic Congestion: According to the Texas Transportation Institute, Americans annually waste 2.9 billion gallons of fuel (32 million metric tons of CO2) because of traffic congestion. Policymakers can help us save fuel and cut CO2 emissions by reducing traffic congestion.
• Driving More Efficiently: The U.S. Department of Energy & U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have identified specific actions drivers can take to improve their fuel economy
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Conclusion• The Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
enforced by NHTSA, establishes at least a 35 mpg combined car and truck standard by 2020 with additional increases required through 2030.
• In April NHTSA will issue an NPRM in accordance with EISA.
• Congress- not California- should set nationwide fuel economy standards.
• A national standard gives automakers and dealers the increased flexibility needed to meet fleet-wide fuel economy standards while at the same time providing consumers with the type of vehicles they demand.
• Legislation (H.R. 5560 and S. 2555) that would overturn EPA ‘s waiver decision and irrevocably cede control of fuel economy and GHG emissions standards to California should be opposed.
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