The California Air Resources Board, or CARB, has yet again cut the number of zero emission vehicles, or ZEV's, required that the automakers produce. Instead of 25,000 ZEV's to be produced between 2012 and 2014 as the 2003 revision to the mandate had said, that number dropped 70% to 7,500. Many had feared that number could have been a 90% drop.
However, a silver lining has been found. While 100% electric cars have taken a massive hit, automakers are now required to produce 66,000 plug-in-hybrids. This was not part of the original mandate.
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