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Electric-car vote turns even noted Republicans pro-regulation

Today in Sacramento, the California Air Resources Board is planning to once again relax rules requiring automakers to produce more nonpolluting cars. Instead of demanding more zero-emission vehicles, the relaxed rules would call for more hybrids and higher fuel-efficiency standards, which would satisfy air-quality goals and save automakers $1.3 billion. The program originally called for ten percent of autos on California roads be emission-free by 2003. Tesla Motors is, of course, against the rules revision — but even former Secretary of State and San Francisco éminence grise George P. Shultz is in the awkward position of lobbying Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to intervene in favor of more stringent government regulation (PDF). What is the world coming to? Oh, right. (Photo by John M. Heller)

10:20 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Jackson West
998 views, 15 comments

Latest by matto: In other news, those cocksuckers at CARB still won't let me drive my project car, since every little hose clamp was not approved by them. But its OK for me to buy a new car that pollutes much more. Paul, you're more »