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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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He shared with the audience his roller coaster analogy: Any person who is interested in riding a roller coaster isn’t looking for the safest roller coaster they can find. In the short term, he believes OEMs need to boost their warranty support for hybrids; there needs to be some kind of a floor on resale value and fuel pricing (i.e.

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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

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These are: Light-duty vehicles: cars and light trucks, mostly used for personal transportation. Vehicle miles traveled: In California, most personal travel is by car, often with only the driver in the vehicle. Transportation pricing: Gasoline taxes. —“Driving California’s Transportation Emissions to Zero”.