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REPORT: Will it blend? Not if CARB has anything to say about it

Will it blend? If the answer is no – as was the case with the boron steel used to create the latest Ford Fiesta – perhaps all that's needed is a more powerful blender (insert appropriate Tim Allen-esque grunting sounds here) complete with handlebars and a twist-grip throttle? Enter the Party Blender, which uses a gas-powered engine in lieu of a standard wimpy plug-in electric motor. Unless you live in California, that is. Earlier this month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB for short) fined On the Edge Marketing from ... Read more →

CARB adopts reflective glass rule to keep cars cooler Sam Abuelsamid

Anyone that has ever climbed into a car on a sunny day is familiar with the greenhouse effect. The interior of the car is typically much hotter than the ambient temperatures outside, sometimes as ...

CARB asks DOE to restore hydrogen vehicle funds Sebastian Blanco

The U.S. Department of Energy under President Obama hasn't been kind to hydrogen vehicles in 2009. In early May, the DOE eliminated funding for research into H2-powered vehicles. Since then, the ...

CARB backs off of plug-in conversion shop Sam Abuelsamid

The California Air Resources Board has modified a proposed rule that would have likely put most plug-in hybrid conversion shops in the state out of business. The rule would have required ...

Toyota's zero-emission CARB complaince could cost $1 billion Sebastian Blanco

- Here's an ugly number. In order to meet the State of California's zero-emission vehicle requirements, Toyota might have to spend over a billion dollars. The $1 billion isn't a fine, but an ...

Dealership earns $175,000 fine for adding aftermarket "Fuel Maximizer" 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Whether or not their intentions were to truly help their customers reduce their carbon footprint or save them money at the gas pump, Sunrise Ford has learned the hard way that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is serious about dealerships complying with regulations forbidding pre-sale ...

CA gas stations could get reprieve in vapor-free new nozzle fight 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

April 1st was the deadline for California gas stations to install new and cleaner pump nozzles or potentially close up shop because they were not in compliance with a 2000 rule from the California Air Resources Board. The problem for CARB was the gas vapors that escaped into the air, equivalent to ...

Nissan fined $4.4 million for faulty emissions diagnostic equipment 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The California Air Resources Board has decided that $4.4 million is the right amount that Nissan needs to pay for selling vehicles that have compliant tailpipe emissions monitoring equipment installed. CARB says that more than 450,000 vehicles, from 2005-2007 model years, don't turn on the ...

Roush propane-fueled F-150 gets CARB approval 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The new propane fuel conversions of the Ford F-150 pickup being produced by Livonia, Michigan-based Roush Industries are now legal for sale in California. The California Air Resources Board has made the Roush F-150 the first vehicle to be officially certified to the latest 2004 OBD-II regulations ...

CARB grants $6.8 million for four hydrogen refueling stations 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The California Air Resources Board will give four groups/organizations - Mebtahi Station Services, the San Francisco Airport, Shell Hydrogen and UCLA - $1.7 million each to build hydrogen refueling stations for fuel cell vehicles in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. The four stations ...

Half of California gas stations could be forced to close for failing to install new nozzles 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

California gas station operators have known since 2000 that they would have to install new nozzles on their gas pumps by tomorrow. And yet, at least 2,000 of the 3,900 stations in the Southern California region and 60 percent of stations statewide have failed to do exactly that. The California Air ...

CARB will regulate tire pressure starting in July 2010 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, the California Air Resources Board - fresh from not banning black cars - adopted a regulation to force the 40,000 businesses in "California's automotive maintenance industry to check the tire pressure of every vehicle they service." This means that, starting in July of 2010, when you ...

CARB: Black paint is OK (always was) 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

OK, so the reality was never as simple as the headlines made it sound. While the simplest way to explain what the California Air Resources Board was trying to do was that they were going to ban black cars, the reality (as we explained in our original post) was that CARB was thinking of requiring ...

CARB's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, EPA rules might put the hurt on biofuels 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The proposal from the California Air Resources Board for a Low Carbon Fuel Standard that we mentioned the other day might deal a blow to the biofuels industry. The LCFS might be one way for California to meet its stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through lowered carbon in California ...

California Air Resources Board proposes Low Carbon Fuel Standard 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The California Air Resources Board wants to reduce the amount of carbon in transportation fuels as a way to reduce the resulting greenhouse gas emissions. One way CARB wants to meet California's stated goal of a statewide GHG emissions cap for 2020 (which would be based on 1990 emissions) is a Low ...

CARB chair calls all this hydrogen/battery fighting "madness" 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

While the California Air Resources Board has certainly played a huge role in putting cleaner vehicles on the road over the years, some plug-in vehicle advocates have a bone to pick with Chairman Mary Nichols (pictured here during the 2007 Alt Car Expo). During the recent UC Berkeley Energy ...

Automakers and CARB meet to negotiate CO2 standards? 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to The Aspen Institute, members of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists, along with the California Air Resources Board, have met to hash out their differences with representatives from Ford, General Motors, Honda and Toyota. The topic ...

California gas stations choose to close instead of buying vapor-reducing pumps 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

. This April, a mandate from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) called the Enhanced Vapor Recovery Program (EVRP) will go into effect. The idea behind the program is to get next-generation clean nozzles and equipment installed at fuel pumps in the state in order to control emissions. ...

CARB puts off plug-in hybrid conversion warranty, emissions decision 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has decided to take another look at rules it is currently mulling over that would have required PHEV conversion shops to follow the same rules for emissions tests and warranties as the automakers. When word of this decision got out, some voices were ...

New CARB rules could put an end to PHEV conversions 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The California government agency charged with protecting air quality in the Golden State appears set to kill off a burgeoning industry that is trying to protect the same air. As companies such as 3ProngPower pop up to convert existing hybrids to plug-in capability, they could be snuffed out by ...

Obama to revisit states' rights on carbon emissions 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

In an announcement that should come as little surprise to anyone paying close attention, Lisa Jackson, President-elect Obama's newly-nominated EPA administrator, has said that she will immediately revisit the topic of whether individual states have the right to enact laws governing carbon emissions. ...

California suspends lower emission school bus program because of budget crisis 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

In 2006, California passed proposition 1B that authorized the state to sell $20 billion in bonds to fund a variety of transportation projects. One of those projects was helping to pay for lower emission school buses. Unfortunately, the lack of resolution to the current budget crisis in California ...

All new cars in California now carry smog, global warming scores 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Since the beginning of the year, all 2009 model year vehicles (and anything newer, once they're available) sold in California will be sporting a new sticker. No, not the kind that makes your car worth $4,000 more but the kind that describes the vehicle's global warming and smog scores. Just look ...

Want bailout money, Detroit? Then stop opposing California's emissions standards 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The first draft of a bill that would offer loans to the Detroit 3 automakers - effectively allowing at least two of them to keep their doors open for at least the next few months - is now out. As expected, there are a few stipulations that the automakers must accept if they are to receive these ...

GM reaches agreement with CARB on unique classification for Volt 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since the Chevrolet Volt appeared as a concept last year, debate has been hot and heavy over exactly what it is. Although many call it a hybrid because it has a battery and an engine, GM prefers to call it an extended range-electric vehicle (ER-EV). That poses a problem for GM when it comes to ...

California considers legislation for PHEV conversions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passes the legislation that it is currently considering, getting your hands on a PHEV conversion, like the one recently created by Hymotion, might be a bit more difficult. Whether or not this is a bad thing depends on your point of view. Those looking to ...

California unveils major plan to cut emissions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

California has announced a very ambitious plan to reduce pollution by 10 percent from current levels by 2020. If we take the forecasted population increase into account, that means that the state intends to reduce annual emissions to 10 tons of CO2 per person in 2020 from 14 tons per person ...

ZAP gets CARB rebates and an in-wheel motor company 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Things may be looking up for the somewhat controversial electric vehicle company "ZAP" since Mr Al Yousuf took control of the company the other day. Just after the change at the top happened, the California Air Resource Board added two ZAP models to their list of vehicles eligible for a rebate. ...

California air regulator linked to car and oil firms 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Dan Sperling, second from right, at press conference with Gov. Schwarzenegger in January. It is barely two weeks since the California Air Resources Board disappointed electric car advocates when it voted to lower the number of Zero Emission Vehicles required by its program. The cost to the car ...

Mary Nichols talks CARB's waiver request, the ZEV mandate and more 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The big news from the California Air Resources Board in recent weeks was the decision to cut the ZEV mandate by 70 percent. Following a speech at the National Hydrogen Association conference in Sacramento recently, CARB chairperson Mary Nichols sat down with Carlist's Lou Ann Hammond for an ...

Hydrogen car projects affected by CARB regulations 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to a recent article in Forbes, the new CARB rules will affect negatively all hydrogen car projects. Even though this is something quite a number of our readers consider good, the article states that it's bad, and it's a direct consequence of the reduction to 7,500 the number of ...

Silver lining: CARB creates huge new market for plug-in hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Not as bad as it coulda been, but still bad: CARB cuts ZEV mandate by 70 percent 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 vehicles that automakers will need to sell in the state by 70 percent. This isn't as bad as the 90 percent ...

Watch CARB meeting online and live right now 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

CARB's meeting today is scheduled to go until at least 10 pm EST. We'll report on the news of the day once things are over, but if you'd like to keep a tab on what's going on right now, check out this page for ways to stream the audio and video feed from California. I heard a bit of Who Killed the ...

Reagan's Ex-Secretary of State asks Gov. Schwarzenegger to bring back the electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As the California Air Resources Board meets today to vote on revisions to the ZEV Mandate, the voices calling on CARB to not kill the electric car all over again are rising. Jim Woolsey, Tesla's Ze'ev Drori, the Sierra Club and many more are telling CARB to keep the EV alive. Another voice, perhaps ...

Ex-CIA Chief James Woolsey Gives Hydrogen Hell 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program. Directly opposite the California EPA building, a large banner was ...

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