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Not going to get rid of emissions testing. It could reduce levels in sniffer testing but, most states are only OBDII readiness testing now. The trend is getting rid of auto emissions testing because the cost vs violations caught is high(lot of money for few violations). There are less pre-1996 cars on the road and OBD-II is good enough to keep most people complaint. Washington state and the Provence of Ottawa were the huge ones this year.
It’s Just going to make California follow federal levels from now. Manufacturers of new vehicles will only have to comply with the federal levels which may make it easier for them. Probably not though because they already make all their cars to the highest spec instead of coming out with Federal and California models like they did decades ago.
California is going to fight this hard as CARB likes to blame Automotive emissions for all their woes while Industry pays fines and keeps polluting. Agriculture blames particulate emissions on trucks. Least tractors with DPF are starting to be sold now.
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