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Silver lining: CARB creates huge new market for plug-in hybrids

Reader reaction to last week's California Air Resources Board vote to cut the ZEV Mandate by 70 percent was pretty resoundingly negative (although it's only fair to note some of you said the result was a good thing). Automotive News' Richard Truett has written an article that finds the decision's silver lining: it created a "sizable" market for plug-in hybrids. While pure EVs took a hit in the revision, automakers are now required to sell 66,000 PHEVs between 2012 and 2014. Considering you can't buy a single one today, this would be a nice ... Read more →

Not as bad as it coulda been, but still bad: CARB cuts ZEV mandate by 70 percent Sebastian Blanco

Well, it happened. The California Air Resources Board decided that electric vehicles and similar zero-emission autos are not ready for prime time. CARB voted to cut the number of zero-emission ...

Ex-CIA Chief James Woolsey Gives Hydrogen Hell Marc Geller

One day before what could be an historic vote of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that happens today, Plug In America held a press conference and rally to press the case for a strong Zero ...

Tesla's Ze'ev Drori says CARB should not become a "mockery" this Thursday Sebastian Blanco

California Air Resources Board's important meeting that will decide on the fate of the Zero Emission Vehicle Program (aka the ZEV Mandate) takes place Thursday (background here and here). As one of ...

EPA expains why CA can't regulate emissions Xavier Navarro

We have a new chapter to add to the EPA vs. state regulations soap opera. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson has finally given a reason why the EPA is anti-state rules. Basically, Johnson says the ...


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