California's CO2 Plan Worries Automakers

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by jkash, Jul 27, 2004.

  1. jkash

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    In the meantime, the auto industry has been devouring a draft version of the regulation released last month. The proposal, nearly 200 pages long, says manufacturers can achieve the reductions using currently available technologies, such as turbochargers to make smaller engines more powerful, making car bodies more aerodynamic and offering more gas-electric hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius.

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    Or even come up with something completely new!
    I'm sure the whining is already quite loud. I predict that if Dubya gets re-elected, the new regs will be dropped in January, due to "the needs of the economy".