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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

That means you can drive around town as an electric car, and then jump on the freeway and head to Los Angeles, without having to recharge the battery. Consequently, gasoline-power vehicles pollute the most when the engine is first turned on in the morning after being off for many hours.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. The resulting fuel efficiency improvements mean lower CO2 emissions and less fossil fuel consumption and, therefore, less pollution. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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