Honda, Ford, Plug-in America and others argue against extension of California's
05-26-2011, 05:30 PM
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Honda, Ford, Plug-in America and others argue against extension of California's
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Honda, Ford, Clean Energy, the California Natural Gas Coalition and Plug-in America penned a letter to California senator Mark DeSaulnier, chair of the senate transportation and housing committee. The letter argues against the extension of the state's "yellow sticker" program that allows some single-occupant hybrid vehicles to use the state's HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) lanes.
Originally passed in 2004 as an incentive to purchase hybrid vehicles, California's yellow sticker program was to expire at the end of 2010. However, the program was extended until July 2011. Now, there's another effort underway to keep the state's yellow stickers in use well beyond this July. Basically, the argument is that by continuing to provide non-monetary incentives (i.e. access to HOV lanes), the state of California is promoting the use of aging hybrid vehicles at a time when some organizations, including Ford and Honda, would rather have the state focus on encouraging purchases of plug-in hybrid, battery-electric, fuel cell and compressed natural gas vehicles. Read the full text of the letter after the jump.
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Honda, Ford, Clean Energy, the California Natural Gas Coalition and Plug-in America penned a letter to California senator Mark DeSaulnier, chair of the senate transportation and housing committee. The letter argues against the extension of the state's "yellow sticker" program that allows some single-occupant hybrid vehicles to use the state's HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) lanes.
Originally passed in 2004 as an incentive to purchase hybrid vehicles, California's yellow sticker program was to expire at the end of 2010. However, the program was extended until July 2011. Now, there's another effort underway to keep the state's yellow stickers in use well beyond this July. Basically, the argument is that by continuing to provide non-monetary incentives (i.e. access to HOV lanes), the state of California is promoting the use of aging hybrid vehicles at a time when some organizations, including Ford and Honda, would rather have the state focus on encouraging purchases of plug-in hybrid, battery-electric, fuel cell and compressed natural gas vehicles. Read the full text of the letter after the jump.
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