: an outlet by which engine exhaust gases are expelled from a vehicle (such as an automobile or jet aircraft)
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Transportation is America’s largest sources of harmful air pollution and vehicle tailpipe emissions are tied to higher rates of asthma and premature death.
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Margo T. Oge, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Trump has also repeatedly used executive orders to deregulate fossil fuel use, such as by rolling back Biden-era limits on tailpipe emissions, and decrease immigration by, among other things, directing U.S. military troops to the southern border.
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
In addition to the EV tax credit, Trump is also targeting Biden’s tailpipe emission and fuel economy standards, as well as California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act to set its own emission rules.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
One of the easier ways automakers can hit those goals is to sell more electric vehicles, which don’t use gas or emit tailpipe pollutants at all.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
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Margo T. Oge, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Trump has also repeatedly used executive orders to deregulate fossil fuel use, such as by rolling back Biden-era limits on tailpipe emissions, and decrease immigration by, among other things, directing U.S. military troops to the southern border.
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
In addition to the EV tax credit, Trump is also targeting Biden’s tailpipe emission and fuel economy standards, as well as California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act to set its own emission rules.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
One of the easier ways automakers can hit those goals is to sell more electric vehicles, which don’t use gas or emit tailpipe pollutants at all.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Tailpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailpipe. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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