( The history of gasoline powered cars and emissions. Source IBM.com and Wikipedia )

The Auto industry seems poised for an electric car (EV) takeover as an alternative to the classic internal combustion engine that powered practically every vehicle for over a hundred years as electric vehicles were popular once but then phased out due to the gasoline powered vehicle just offered everything better such as dramatically longer range and a quicker time to refuel then recharge (and a lack of areas to actually recharge your EV it just was not a plausible option to even consider) However modern EV’s are now making a come back due to a few factors which we will discuss primarily environmental concerns. Up until 1963 there were no laws or regulations dictating how much emissions can or cannot come out of your vehicles tailpipe and as a result cities such as Los Angeles had issues with smog. Smog is a type of intense air pollution that takes the form of a dense haze thus limiting visibility and dramatically reducing the air quality that we breathe. In the mid 1900’s the number of cars and trucks on the road were rapidly rising one result of this was an increase of air pollution especially in cities and had serious impacts on the public’s health and the environment. in 1970 Congress passed the Clean Air Act and gave the newly formed EPA the legal authority to regulate pollution from motor vehicles. The U.S. vehicle pollution control is a success by many measure although many were upset by the reduced performance of their vehicle due to tight emission regulations. New passenger vehicles are 98% cleaner then equivalent vehicles produced in the 1960’s and U.S. cities have vastly improved air quality despite an increase of population and an increase of vehicles on the road since the enactment of the clean air act. The clean air act has led to “cleaner” Cars,Trucks and fuels, cars have much less hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and particle emissions to be specific. The EPA also began to phase out lead in gasoline starting in the 1970’s and leaded gasoline was fully prohibited after 1995 as a result levels of lead in the air decreased by 94% between 1980 and 1999. EPA vehicle emission standards have led to some inventions in cars such as the catalytic convertor and direct fuel injection replacing old tech such as carburetors. Despite our successes many places in the United States still have poor local air quality and there is more to be don.eThe EPA is now attempting to help solve Climate change by making hybrids and EV’s which (we will discuss next paragraph)