WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued final national pollution standards that promise to accelerate the adoption of cleaner vehicle technologies.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unveiled new proposed federal vehicle emissions standards that could accelerate the ongoing transition to electric vehicles.

The U.S. Court of Appeals stopped the EPA’s ban on high global warming potential HFC refrigerants last year, but that may just be a pause in the switch from HFCs to environmentally friendly replacements.