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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
I thought wankels had issues passing emissions in Cali.......
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Wankels have issues passing emissions pretty much anywhere in the modern world. This particular example is helped by using the ICE as a generator so it can run at a set RPM. That makes passing emissions a lot easier.
Also - for light duty vehicles CARB and EPA rules are almost the same for local emissions today.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
Don't know/care, but maybe it's a 49-state vehicle.
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That term is about 30 years out of date. In 1993 New York started using CARB emission standards and more and more states have joined since then. Today 40% of light duty vehicles sold in the USA are covered by CARB standards.
4 more states are in the process. Minnesota, Nevada, and Virginia join in 2025 and New Mexico in 2026. That will add another 5% of new vehicle sales to the CARB column.