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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."


"The new rules, which will be considered at CARB’s next meeting on January 22 and 23, will require small start-up companies offering plug-in conversion services to shoulder the costs of these expensive emissions tests."


I guess we have to watch the news to see what CARB going to do.

Since it cost $7,000 and $10,000 for the conversion, we have a
recession going on & gas is pretty cheap, those installers aren't getting rich these days.

It kind of makes me wonder why CARB wants to do this..
Since it's not going to be very long before cars come out of the factory
with a charge socket already installed.

The Plug-in business already has a limited shelf life. Making them give their earnings to the state, isn't going to help them any.

But, it might drive up the price of a conversion a few thousand bucks.