2003 Affordable Auto Industry Kits 
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
But the tests are too costly for the typical small startup to afford and the warranties are unattainable because the electric batteries currently used to power plug-ins don’t last ten years. The board had voted in 1990 to require that at least 10 percent of cars sold in California to be zero-emissions vehicles by 2003.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). But its ready now.
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