ktmrfs wrote:
I don't expect much relaxaction in an epa emissions changes under new adminstration. Why?? well, CA can set their own stds that must be met and EPA can't over rule them. And there are now multiple states that require CA emission stds. That is the majority or close to majority of all vehicles sold in the U.S. the states that require CA emissions are CA, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
So don't expect mfg to change much. as long as the must meet CA emissions for vehicles in these states they will do it or close for almost all vehicles. As an example, my 2015 duramax was delivered originally to an Idaho dealer, which doesn't require CA stds. But guess what it did and that's where my local dealer got the truck from and since oregon requires CA stds, no problem.
Which is a good thing. The less polluting technology also needs to be in continuous development as standards all over the world are tightening. One poster mentioned that half of the vehicles in europe are diesel, which I can attest to. However many of those vehicles wont be able to drive in many of the larger cities in europe within two to three years. Because of this the price of used diesel vehicles in some european countries is dropping like a stone right now and as a result new diesel vehicles are falling out of favour. If North American manufacturers want to sell outside of the North America continent they will have to keep up with the technology. This will include Diesel, Gas and of course Electric vehicles. Up till two years ago we had been driving exclusively european diesel cars which have served us well. But none of the advantages they had 12 to 14 years ago when we bought them have superseded by Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV's). Obviously diesel has years of heavy haul usage ahead of it but passeneger car and light truck diesel sales will see a continuous decline in the next 10 years.
