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Carmakers, Colorado Agree on EV Mandate
Groups representing all major carmakers have agreed with Colorado on a state plan to adopt California’s zero-emission sales rules four years from now.
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Groups representing all major carmakers have agreed with Colorado on a state plan to adopt California’s zero-emission sales rules four years from now, Reuters reports.
Colorado will allow carmakers to collect credits in 2021-2022 for electric cars they sell in the state, then apply them when EV sales quotes take effect in 2023. The scheme must by approved by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission.
Talks over a deal stalled in June when carmakers and the state failed to agree on the specifics of voluntary efforts to coax consumers to buy EVs.
The agreement follows a pact reached a week ago between California and four large carmakers to raise fuel economy averages on new cars by 3.7% per year between the 2022 to 2026 model years.
Under existing regulations, carmakers face 5% annual increases over that period. But the Trump administration aims to finalize a plan later this year that would freeze emission and fuel economy standards from 2021 to 2026.
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