ZEV

During the late 1990s, a handful of solar-powered charge stations where scattered about California to support the state's Zero Emission Vehicle ( "ZEV") mandate.

The Register 2009

During the late 1990s, a handful of solar-powered charge stations where scattered about California to support the state's Zero Emission Vehicle ( "ZEV") mandate.

The Register 2009

Ten years ago, when California was moving toward a groundbreaking program to institute standards for low emission vehicles (LEV) and zero emission vehicles (ZEV), the automakers insisted that they were impossible and they threatened to leave the state before they would comply.

Mark Cooper: Amping Up the Drive to Reduce Gasoline Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Cars and Trucks Mark Cooper 2010

This would give auto makers credit for triple the average MPG for their fleet for every Zero Emission Vehicle they produce, and the consumer triple the rebate for a high MPG car for every ZEV they buy.

OpEdNews - Diary: Economic Incentive to Produce Zero Emission Vehicles 2009

When California buckled under oil industry pressure to drop their ZEV standards, GM called in all the leases on the car and crushed them all!

Rebekah and Stephen Hren: Let GM Get Crushed Like It Crushed the EV1 2009

Had they done so when California had a ZEV mandate, they could have dominated that market, and profited when other states opted in to the standard.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A 230 mpg Hybrid — and It’s a Chevrolet: 2009

Electric cars and trucks are sometimes claimed to be Zero Emission Vehicles, ZEV; a colleague of mine used to call them, more accurately, Elsewhere Emission Vehicles, although as the technologies improve, and there are more sources of renewable energy, the ‘zero’ claim is becoming more credible.

Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next 2009

The Japanese government funded the WE-NET project to investigate its potential, while policy measures such as the California Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) mandate accelerated corporate involvement.

Hydrogen 2008

GM was the only manufacturer to develop and produce a purpose built ZEV, all others adapted existing models.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Yet More Economic Ignorance 2008

Selling for less than US$10,000, the XEBRA PK will debut before California regulators participating in the 2006 Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Technology Symposium in Sacramento, September 25-27.

ZAP’s electric XEBRA (colorful photos) | Impact Lab 2006