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To: Scott Troy Munroe who wrote (2706)6/5/1998 12:56:00 PM
From: Sid Turtlman  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 5827
 
Scott: I am curious: I would expect that a fuel cell powered car that uses compressed or liquid hydrogen as a fuel would count as a ZEV (even though there are emissions at the hydrogen factory), but what about a car with an on board reformer using gasoline or methanol? Fuel has to be burned to keep the temperature high enough for the reforming process, and presumably that creates emissions. The pollution would be very low, of course, but not really zero. Might it be close enough to zero to be called a ZEV under California rules?



To: Scott Troy Munroe who wrote (2706)6/5/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: Garth Richmond  Respond to of 5827
 
I really wonder how they (in California, and elsewhere) are planning to convince people to buy ZEV's. Just because they sit on the lot does not mean people will buy them. Does anyone know if there are any government incentives to consumers to buy ZEV's, or other means of persuasion in the works?

Conceivably there could be price subsidies, tax breaks, driving restrictions for non-ZEV's in certain zones (e.g. downtown)....

Garth.


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