California announces ambitious plans for growth in electric and hydrogen powered cars
Sat 10 December 2011
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California's Air Resources Board (CARB) has put forward a package of regulations to put 1.4 million electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen-powered cars on its roads by 2025. The plan aims to produce a 75 per cent reduction in smog-forming emissions and to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 52 million tonnes.
The proposals are in line with California's ambition to cut its emissions 80 per cent by 2050 and come soon after President Barack Obama's announcement of plans to double car fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
According to a report in Business Green, as well as improving the efficiency of petrol and diesel cars, the regulations would aim to ensure low-carbon vehicles make up one in seven new cars sold in California in 2025 and should also supply the infrastructure to support them.
As part of its announcments, the CARB said that implementing the technologies needed to achieve the new standards would increase a new car's price in 2025 by about $1,900. However, the Board said this would be more than offset by $6,000 in fuel cost savings over the life of the car.
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