CARB shmarb? Incentives not regulations?
The hybrid wars are comingSo CARB has scaled back its ZEV, or Zero Emission Vehicle, standards for 2014. Does it really matter? Isn't getting as many hybrid cars on the road this year and next year the best path to research, development and production of advanced hybrids, such as plug-in hybrids, range extended hybrids, and fuel cell hybrids?
Isn't it time for incentives, not regulations?
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So CARB has scaled back its ZEV, or Zero Emission Vehicle, standards for 2014. Does it really matter?
In the past CARB has done an excellent job of poking and prodding automakers towards the electrification of the automobile, but its focus today is becoming irrelevant. While automakers are lying when they say CARB's original requirements for 2014 are impossible, it is probably true that the standard would have been largely ineffective.
While it's possible to produce such a batch of ZEVs by 2014, it's just not cost-effective.
Besides, for automakers the race to zero emissions is on. Achieving near zero emissions will, ultimately, be the litmus test for automaker survival. Still, it seems the quickest way to zero emissions is by putting as many of today's hybrid vehicles on the road as possible. Thus, wouldn't market incentives, rather than market regulations be the best solution for the quickest results?
Incentives for buying hybrids creates hybrid competition, and that competition naturally supports and develops advanced hybrid powertrains, including plug-in hybrids, range-extended hybrids and even fuel cell hybrids.
Aren't consumers the next step towards ZEVs? Isn't it time for incentives, not regulations?
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