EPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars, while also addressing consumer and industry concerns

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released strict new emissions limits on March 20, 2024, for cars built from 2027 through 2032. The final rule for Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards caps a process that started almost a year earlier, when the Biden administration first proposed groundbreaking regulations that would essentially require automakers to make a substantial pivot toward electrification.

The original proposal met significant pushback from carmakers and…