EV Regulations Continue Evolving

As electric vehicles become more prevalent consumer options, regulators are ramping up efforts to adapt requirements originally intended for internal-combustion-engine vehicles.  The latest major rulemakings from both the EPA and California Air Resources Board include first-of-a-kind battery-related requirements for electric vehicles that go beyond incentivizing manufacturers to produce EVs to ensuring that customers will be confident in the performance of those EVs.  However, given the inherent differences between EVs and ICE vehicles, EPA and CARB are continually refining these requirements by issuing informative guidance documents and soliciting industry feedback.