Count life cycle emissions of electric vehicles in vehicle standards

Research notes

• Negative search (2026-08-27): a Federal Register full-text search for electric vehicle life cycle emissions returns no EPA rule or proposal in the window; none of the EPA final or proposed rules we keep and search adopts life cycle accounting.
• What happened instead is on the event as Evidence, because action against an ask is shown with its citation rather than left as a bare negative: EPA removed the standards rather than changing how emissions are counted in them, so the tailpipe-only accounting the Quote objects to went away with the rule rather than being replaced.
• Unified Agenda, read 2026-09-01. We read EPA’s full Unified Agenda on reginfo.gov (214 entries across the active, long-term and completed stages), because the Federal Register prints only the entries that need a Regulatory Flexibility analysis, and the 2026-08-27 negative was taken from that abbreviated version. Nearest entries: RIN 2060-AX01, Revision of Criteria Pollutant and Air Toxics Standards for Light-duty and Medium-duty Vehicles for Model Years 2029 and Later and RIN 2060-AW96, Revision of Tier 4 Phase-in Schedule for Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles (both EPA/OAR, Proposed Rule Stage): https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202510&RIN=2060-AX01 and https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202510&RIN=2060-AW96. Both rewrite vehicle standards; neither changes how emissions are counted, and no life-cycle-accounting RIN exists on the agenda. Status unchanged.