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The American flag stands against the backdrop of a smoggy Los Angeles in 1972. The California Smog Check Program is an attempt to reduce smog in California. The California Smog Check Program requires vehicles that were manufactured in 1976 or later to participate in the biennial (every two years) smog check program in participating counties. [1]
The hope was that by forcing annual emissions testing for California starting in 1988, [18] and denying registration to vehicles that did not pass, drivers would tend to purchase vehicles that would more reliably pass the test. OBD-I was largely unsuccessful, as the means of reporting emissions-specific diagnostic information was not standardized.
Heavy duty vehicles (greater than 14,000 lb or 6,400 kg) made after 2010, [1] for sale in the US are allowed to support OBD-II diagnostics through SAE standard J1939-13 (a round diagnostic connector) according to CARB in title 13 CCR 1971.1. Some heavy duty trucks in North America use the SAE J1962 OBD-II diagnostic connector that is common ...
Army veteran Robert Arthur Kersting, 75, knows how to live frugally. He drives a nearly 30-year-old car — a 1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Z34 — that still runs well.
The law empowers the California Air Resources Board to determine a 2026 compliance date for reporting on Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions; according to the EPA, Scope 1 emissions include direct ...
Early in the 1950s scientists discovered that vehicle emissions were a significant factor that had been causing the air quality to deteriorate. [7] This led to the introduction of vehicle emissions standards in California in 1966, furthermore due to the seriousness of the problem, in 1970 the Clean Air Act was introduced in order to regulate these standards all over the United States. [7]
What California does shapes national emissions standards because of its large customer base for automakers. But fuel producers and sellers argue that the state is unlawfully acting as a “quasi ...
The testing was mandated by the Energy Tax Act of 1978 [1] in order to determine the rate of the guzzler tax that applies for the sales of new cars. The current procedure has been updated in 2008 and includes four tests: city driving (the FTP-75 proper), highway driving (HWFET), aggressive driving (SFTP US06), and optional air conditioning test ...