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Old 12-12-2020, 11:33am   #1
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California Bans the 2021 Chevrolet Camaro SS and ZL1 Over Environmental Concerns

Certain Chevrolet models cannot be sold in California due to brake pad contents

By Evan Symon, December 9, 2020 2:14 pm

On Tuesday, state environmental officials in both California and Washington State announced that certain Chevrolet models, including the 2021 Chevrolet Camaro SS and ZL1, would be banned from any more orders due to failing to meet environmental regulations.

In California, the new variants of the Camaro failed to meet the state’s brake pad laws under the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). According to the California Motor Vehicle Brake Friction Material Law that was signed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010, cars with brake pads containing “more than trace amounts of copper, certain heavy metals, and asbestos” cannot be sold in the state. Updates in 2014 completely banned the use of heavy metals and asbestos in pads, with a ban on pads with 5% or more of copper coming into law on January 1, 2021. The law, which began its life as Senate Bill 346 in 2010 and was authored by then Senator Christine Kehoe, will also totally ban all copper in brakes by 2025.

Senator Kehoe, as well as Washington state lawmakers, had cited scientific studies showing that heavy metal and copper residue from brakes that reached roads would then be washed to the nearest large body of water. Fish, including many endangered trout and salmon, are susceptible to those metals and can be easily killed by too much in their system. The bans had been put in place largely as a protection for them.

While most 2021 model cars, including the base model Camaro, met the requirement, the Camaro SS and ZL1 variants have pads with more than 5% copper, and have become the first cars to face bans in California.

“Today, it’s only a few types of car,” noted Nathan Medina, an Oakland-based lawyer who has represented many dealerships in California and Illinois. “But these regulations are only going to get stricter, including that all-out ban in 2025. The U.S. auto industry isn’t doing so hot, and these regulations are costing automakers money by being unable to sell them and forcing them to spend more time figuring out ways to make them compliant. So far, it’s two types of high-end cars that need those kinds of brakes. But in the coming years, we could see a lot more types of cars failing to meet those higher and higher standards.”


A couple of months ago, I saw a black ZL1 around town. Driver obviously having some fun with it, nothing excessive, but....enjoying it. Turned out to be a woman that had to be in her late 60's. I appreciated her joie de vivre.
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I guess I should also point out that high performance Cameros are banned, too.
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California - where riots and shitting on the sidewalk are okay but trace copper in brake pads is bad.

Elections have consequences.
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Doesn't affect me, as I would never live in CA or WA.
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Doesn't affect me, as I would never live in CA or WA.
Same here.
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Turd pile > CA > OR > WA. The trifecta of liberal hell.
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Not all of CA is blue, but the largest population centers are SD, LA, SF which are along the coast.

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California - where riots and shitting on the sidewalk are okay but trace copper in brake pads is bad.

Elections have consequences.
Shit is organic and won’t harm the fishies.
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When I was a wee lad I dreamed of moving to Cali, car culture back then and all. Then I found out they ban most mods and are total shitheads about modified vehicles. That was a long time ago and I'm sure is worse now.
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So stick the pads/calipers from the slower models on the hi perf models.....

stops well enough for normal driving and 95% of the speeders....jeez....
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Doesn't affect me, as I would never live in CA or WA.
Doesn't affect me, as I would never buy a Gapper.
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