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CARB approves updated regulations requiring most new small off-road engines be zero emission by 2024

Green Car Congress

Californians can continue to operate their current CARB-compliant gasoline-powered SORE equipment; there will be no ban on using older models or used equipment purchased in the future. Older models on store shelves can also be purchased even if they are gasoline-powered. Despite their small size, these engines are highly polluting.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas. The original Honda Insight beat it, but it needed a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain plus a lot of cutting-edge aerodynamic and weight-reduction tricks to pull it off. A five-speed manual was mandatory equipment on the 1987 Sprint ER.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is showing off North America’s first electric fire engine from Austria-based Rosenbauer Group. That’s the point California and other states are mandating all new light-duty vehicles for sale must produce zero tailpipe emissions (ZEVs). Making History.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

Green Car Congress

1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; A limited number of Focus Electrics will first be available in California and the New York/New Jersey areas. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.;

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Tom Hanks on his electric car

Plugs and Cars

Instead, I found what was purported to be the very last electric car available for sale in the state of California—a Toyota EV. My electric car recently crossed fifty thousand miles on the odometer with its original battery but without so much as a splash of gasoline. Tom Hanks Los Angeles, Calif. Source: The New Yorker.

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Tom Hanks, The New Yorker — and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

Instead, I found what was purported to be the very last electric car available for sale in the state of California—a Toyota EV. My electric car recently crossed fifty thousand miles on the odometer with its original battery but without so much as a splash of gasoline. Tom Hanks Los Angeles, Calif.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

For his sequel, Paine’s been gauging the mood at the now-much-gloomier GM headquarters, visiting geothermal-powered and EV-friendly Iceland, and test driving his brand new Tesla in Los Angeles. I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline. I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline.

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