Calif.’s Zero-Emissions Mandate Expected to Change in 2010; Two Options So Far

California's air-quality regulators, who are intent on reworking the state's electric-car mandate next year, heard testimony this week from a variety of interest groups on whether to stick with a mandated approach or go with a proposed alternative that would give automakers more flexibility. At the heart of the testimony heard Thursday at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) meeting in Sacramento was the agency's on-again, off-again zero-emissions vehicle policy, the so-called “ZEV rule” CARB adopted in 1990 and has amended six times since. Now, the board wants to revise the rule

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Calif.’s Zero-Emissions Mandate Expected to Change in 2010; Two Options So Far

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