
                 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY
                             2000 TRAVERWOOD DRIVE
                           ANN ARBOR, MI  48105-2498


									     OFFICE OF
									AIR AND RADIATION

June 25, 2012


MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:  Meeting with Ford and Toyota, on May 22, 2012, to discuss large truck metrics

FROM:  Don Kopinski, US EPA
	
TO:  EPA Docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0799
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EPA staff met with representatives of Ford and Toyota on May 22, 2012.  The meeting was held at EPA's NVFEL facility in Ann Arbor, to discuss Ford and Toyota comments on how best to define strong and mild hybrids in the context of the large hybrid truck credit program, outlined in the EPA/NHTSA Proposed Rulemaking for Greenhouse Gas and CAFE Standards for Model Year 2017-2025 Light-Duty Vehicles.  EPA presented results of its testing of a Silverado 1500 hybrid electric vehicle.

Ford attendees were Elisa Werthman, Nancy Homeister, Phil Lechowicz, and Mark Jennings.
Toyota attendees were Matt Kevnick and (on phone) Rick Gezelle.
EPA attendees were Ben Ellies, Ed Nam, Don Kopinski, Joe McDonald, James Sanchez, and Bill Charmley.
