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Published on November 7th, 2012 | by BajaBusta

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1970 EPA & Catalytic Converter Development

To comply with the upcoming tightening U.S. EPA regulations on automobile exhaust emissions, automakers were working diligently on ways to reduce the toxic byproduct produced by the internal combustion engine. In this video we are shown the various ideas the Ford Motor Company had in order to achieve these controls. Eventually, by model year 1975 all gasoline powered automobiles were required to be fitted with the destined choice, the catalytic converter.

Tags: Catalytic Converter, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Ford, General Motors, GM

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