Automakers face significant compliance costs and challenges in meeting new efficiency and emissions regulations, stemming primarily from the high cost of advanced technology and a softening Electric Vehicle (EV) market. These challenges have led some automakers to pay substantial fines and push for regulatory revisions. Key Challenges and Costs Compliance Strategies To navigate these challenges, automakers use several…
As of January 14, 2026, wind turbine news is dominated by a legal and political battle over U.S. offshore projects, alongside record-breaking technological advancements in China and new funding in the UK. U.S. Offshore Wind Legal Battles The U.S. wind industry is currently locked in a conflict with the Trump administration, which has sought to…
Last month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt stated that the agency will abandon the long-term fuel economy standards developed by the Obama administration for 2022-2025, declaring, without evidence, that they are “too high.” More recently, EPA announced that it plans to simply freeze the standard at the 2020 level through 2026. While these stated…
