Comments on: Plug-In Car Conversion Startups Brace for New Rules

By: Habodabi

Habodabi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:37:48 +0000

I am angry. Who does this regulation serve? Who benefits from stopping the progress of green technologies? Who in public service is responsible for undermining our freedoms? We must identify and forcibly remove anyone from office who is working for anyone other than the people. America needs to grow balls and march upon the hill, bust open the doors and drag corrupt jerks outside for a serious beat down. They work for us, not the oil companies. If we stick together, they will no longer suppress technologies while keeping us addicted to oil and fossil fuel. We must go to Sacramento with pitchforks and torches or at least subpoenas and signatures to get our way for once. Who's side are they on anyway?

By: Felix Kramer

Felix Kramer — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:56:38 +0000

This is a pretty significant development. For more background and a draft of CalCars’ testimony, see URGENT: What You Need to Know about California’s Plans to Regulate PHEV Conversions at http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1039.html

– Felix Kramer, Founder, The California Cars Initiative

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:47:19 +0000

This is a pretty crappy turn of events if this comes to pass. First CARB decides it should regulate CO2 emissions, and then comes down hard on a fledgling industry designed to accomplish just that. The fact that these conversion cars all will emit much less CO2 overall seems lost upon CARB. (Other smog emissions will be lower as well.) Viewed from the outside, it is as if CARB simply hates cars in general, so how dare do these PHEVs be introduced that subvert our area of authority?

The notion of them dictating warranty conditions is also completely out of bounds. It's not the California Automotive Warranty Board, after all. A warranty, or lack thereof, is easily handled by the free market.

Everyone should recall that these were the same bozos that inviscerated the ZEV mandate, killing off the EV-1 and other electric cars, in favor of the ridiculous hydrogen economy.