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Delaware adopting California’s ZEV regulations

Green Car Congress

The regulations mandate that a certain percentage of the vehicles delivered for sale in a state are ZEV vehicles. Each year, manufacturers must meet a ZEV credit amount that is based on average annual sales. In states already in the program, the automobile industry has successfully met the required percentage.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Carmakers response to real and specific concerns about battery lifetime, up-front costs, and safety issues is to focus on engineering and testing for an unspecified number of years. And their statements questioning the "business case" do not yet reflect the impending federal $5-10,000 federal incentives for production and sale of PHEVs.

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