I thought it would be good to start a thread about EPA/CARB Certification since there has been some discussion about the issue on the 2014 production number thread.
It seems that there is a split of opinion about whether EPA and CARB Certification has been received with one group thinking that cars would not have been released for transit unless certification was received and another group thinking that the cars will be held at the U.S. port of entry until certification is received.
I think it is the latter, but sincerely hope that I'm wrong and that the former is correct. Today, however, brings bad news on that front.
I have been following the CARB Certification page (http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/cert/cert.php#6) for updates in an effort to tell what is going on with certification. The reason I am following CARB certification rather than EPA (http://iaspub.epa.gov/otaqpub/) is because the EPA is extremely slow in updating the EPA page. The last time I looked, EPA had not included certification for any 2014 cars (let alone the BMW X1). I have noticed, however, that the CARB certifications are uploaded to the CARB page within one or two business days after the certification is issued by California.
Here is the upshot of this long introduction: CARB updated their 2014 database today (look at the "PC_LDT_MDV_MDEV" column on the CARB page). The update is for 2014 certifications that were issued for certain 2014 GM vehicles and the certification was signed March 11, 2013. If you look at the 2014 certifications, you can see that there are no BMWs that have been certified for 2014. This effectively means that as of March 11, 2013, California has not yet issued CARB certifications for the 2014 BMW X1.
It depresses me to type this, but it is better to reset my expectations.
It seems that there is a split of opinion about whether EPA and CARB Certification has been received with one group thinking that cars would not have been released for transit unless certification was received and another group thinking that the cars will be held at the U.S. port of entry until certification is received.
I think it is the latter, but sincerely hope that I'm wrong and that the former is correct. Today, however, brings bad news on that front.
I have been following the CARB Certification page (http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/cert/cert.php#6) for updates in an effort to tell what is going on with certification. The reason I am following CARB certification rather than EPA (http://iaspub.epa.gov/otaqpub/) is because the EPA is extremely slow in updating the EPA page. The last time I looked, EPA had not included certification for any 2014 cars (let alone the BMW X1). I have noticed, however, that the CARB certifications are uploaded to the CARB page within one or two business days after the certification is issued by California.
Here is the upshot of this long introduction: CARB updated their 2014 database today (look at the "PC_LDT_MDV_MDEV" column on the CARB page). The update is for 2014 certifications that were issued for certain 2014 GM vehicles and the certification was signed March 11, 2013. If you look at the 2014 certifications, you can see that there are no BMWs that have been certified for 2014. This effectively means that as of March 11, 2013, California has not yet issued CARB certifications for the 2014 BMW X1.
It depresses me to type this, but it is better to reset my expectations.