: an outlet by which engine exhaust gases are expelled from a vehicle (such as an automobile or jet aircraft)
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Advertisement Also disqualified was a measure to repeal the Biden Administration’s tailpipe emissions rule for cars and trucks manufactured after 2027.
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Nik Popli, Time, 23 June 2025
Trump also signed measures to overturn state policies that curb tailpipe emissions in certain vehicles and smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 13 June 2025
In the weeks since, however, Trump’s administration announced plans to weaken automobile tailpipe emission standards.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Catalytic converters first became standard on cars sold in California and eventually on those sold across the nation, dramatically reducing both harmful tailpipe exhaust and the number of air-quality alerts that were common in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 80s.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Nik Popli, Time, 23 June 2025
Trump also signed measures to overturn state policies that curb tailpipe emissions in certain vehicles and smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 13 June 2025
In the weeks since, however, Trump’s administration announced plans to weaken automobile tailpipe emission standards.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Catalytic converters first became standard on cars sold in California and eventually on those sold across the nation, dramatically reducing both harmful tailpipe exhaust and the number of air-quality alerts that were common in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 80s.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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“Tailpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailpipe. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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