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Auto and oil companies are gearing up for a battle to squelch California's electric-vehicles mandate just as New York and Massachusetts prepare to enact equally stringent zero-emission rules. But a dirty little secret may emerge this week when scores of EV drivers converge on a public hearing at the California Air Resources Board--namely, that GM, Ford, Honda, Toyota and other companies have worked to undermine the mandate to build tens of thousands of battery-run vehicles...
Automakers say consumers are resisting EVs, which have a range of up to 120 miles between charges. But the electric-car crowd contends that manufacturers have hardly advertised and have either shut down production lines or forced consumers to wait so many months for an EV that they give...
...drivers and would-be lessees of GM's EV-1 sports coupe are organizing on the Internet. Meanwhile the auto lobby is working on Governor GRAY DAVIS and California legislators. The wild card: a group of Silicon Valley types who embrace the clean machines. As EV-1 driver STEVEN KIRSH, founder of Infoseek, put it last week, "The problem with electric vehicles is lack of product, not demand...
...taken its lessons to heart. Witness this spate of funky, bubbly, environmentally friendly concept cars at recent trade shows. Honda's Fuya-jo, which means "all-night entertainment district," boasts a turntable-like steering wheel and mixer-like dashboard. Also shown: the Norwegian Think electric car; Nissan's Hypermini EV, which goes up to 100 miles on a single battery charge; Honda's fuel-cell prototype FCX. What would Herbie...
...Doyle] just wanted a change of atmosphere and a way of life," sophomore Ze'ev Ben-Shachar said. "He was very upset to leave...