UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY

2000 TRAVERWOOD DRIVE

ANN ARBOR, MI 48105-2498

OFFICE OF

AIR AND RADIATION

August 17, 2012

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: Summary of EPA Meetings with Volkswagen t o discuss the EPA/NHTSA Joint Proposed Rulemaking for Greenhouse Gas and CAFE Sta ndards for Model Year 2017-2025 Light-Duty Vehicles

FROM: William Charmley, US EPA

TO: EPA Docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0799

This memo documents three meetings which EPA had wi th Volkswagen between December 2011 and April 2012 a meeting held in December, 201 1 to discuss the EPA/NHTSA Joint Proposed Rulemaking for Greenhouse Gas and CAFE Sta ndards for Model Year 2017-2025 Light-Duty Vehicles.

December 13, 2011 Meeting This meeting was held at EPA’s offices in Washingto n, D.C. Participants from EPA’s offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan also participated by video conf erence.

David Geanacopoulos, Anne-Marie Schneider, Christop h Kohnen and Stuart Johnson from VW participated in the meeting, and from EPA the parti cipants included Margo Oge, Chet France, and Bill Charmley

The discussion topic was focused on the level of st ringency for the proposed GHG standards and VW participants provided EPA with a confidential se t of briefing material to highlight their technical concerns with the proposal, which include d concerns with the relative stringency of the proposed passenger car and truck standards and VW’s concerns of the potential impact of the standards on competitiveness within the U.S. light- duty vehicle market.

Volkswagen stated that they would be submitting det ailed comments on these issues to the public docket for this rulemaking prior to the close of th e public comment period.January 9, 2012 Meeting

This meeting was held at the Volkswagen’s meeting r ooms at the Detroit Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Representatives from Volkswagen Wolfgang Hatz, Jonathan Browning, David Geanacopoulos, Anna-Marie Schneider, Christoph Kohn en, and Stuart Johnson.

Representatives from EPA included Margo Oge, Chet F rance, and Bill Charmley

The discussion topic was focused on the level of st ringency for the proposed GHG standards and VW participants discussed with EPA their technical concerns with the proposal, which included concerns with the stringency of the proposed passen ger car, and VW’s concerns regarding the potential impact of the standards on competitivenes s within the U.S. light-duty vehicle market.

VW informed EPA that they would provide detailed co mments on these topics, including supporting data and recommendations for the final r ule, in written comments to be submitted in February 2012.

April 25, 2012 Meeting

This memo documents a meeting held on April 25, 201 2 between representatives of the Volkswagen (VW) and the Environmental Protection Ag ency (EPA) which included to discussions regarding the EPA/NHTSA Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Greenhouse Gas and CAFE Standards for Model Year 2017-2025 Lig ht-Duty Vehicles. This meeting took place in a conference room at the Palace Hotel in M unich, Germany

Representatives from Volkswagen were Wolfgang Hatz, Christoph Kohnen, and Oliver Schmidt.

Representatives from EPA were Margo Oge, Chet Franc e, Bill Charmley, and Matt Spears.

The discussion topics focused on VW’s future techn ology plans and how such plans related to the proposed model year 2017-2025 GHG standards. V W also summarized the main points from their written comments submitted on the proposed ru le in February, 2012.