California Tells Automakers They Must Have Zero Emission Vehicles to Sell By 2018

California, long a national leader in cutting auto pollution, pushed the envelope further Friday as state regulators approved rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and put significantly more pollution-free vehicles on the road in coming years.

The package of Air Resources Board regulations would require auto manufacturers to offer more zero- or very low-emission cars such as battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and plug-in hybrid vehicles in California starting with model year 2018.



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chewy - 1/30/2012 7:45:49 PM

+1 Boost

I don't see these numbers becoming a reality. I think this is CARB's third try at forcing electrical vehicles. From what I read CARB compliant passenger cars already have so much emission equipment that the exhaust is literally cleaner than the air that the engine takes in. Instead CARB should force that "trucks" are as clean as cars before any other regulation.