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Originally Posted by Xringer
This time, they want to kill the plug-in Hybrid! And, California taxpayers are paying these guys big bucks!
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They're just going to require testing, just like they do for CARB-legal performance parts. Besides, all they're requiring is that the PHEV conversion doesn't increase emissions and that everything still warrantied for 10years/150k miles. It doesn't look like they want to kill it, more like they want to insure that emissions and the consumer don't get killed by a PHEV conversion.
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Air resources board engineers are recommending that plug-in hybrids undergo extensive cold-start emissions and gasoline-evaporation testing. According to agency documents, the tests could cost between $20,000 and $125,000 depending on the number of vehicles that CARB requests be tested by each company. The board's staff also wants to require the new companies to provide consumers with warranties for the changes they make to hybrids for up to ten years or 150,000 miles—despite the willingness of consumers to pay for conversions without the warranty.
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