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First it Killed the Electric Car; Now CARB Goes After Plug-in Hybrids

Jo Borras –
January 28, 2009
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Last week, the East Bay Express published an article regarding the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) plans for aftermarket, plug-in hybrid conversions.

Proving once again that CARB is a political machine with something more than “clean air” in its agenda, the board is set to deal a punishing, bureaucratic body-blow to startup companies like 3 Prong Power and A123 Systems.

It gets worse: CARB just got carte blanche to do whatever it wants.