North America

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved more robust emission standards to reduce air pollution, starting in 2027.

Canada has historically modeled their vehicle standards on U.S. standards; currently, both countries have announced that they are working towards a possible joint vehicle emissions standard.

However, SGS INSPIRE believes that in the short term, Canada will still rely on the U.S. emission standards and adopt them almost identically.

In North America, the future vehicle emission standards for vehicles by 2030, are covered in the following chapters.