加州减排

    《加州要求汽车厂商扩大零污染轿车销售》——彭博社（Bloomberg），2012年1月27日

    加州现在做的事只不过是在继续推行它已经推行了52年的政策，也就是对抗汽车尾气。加州早在1960年就颁布了《汽车污染控制法案》（Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Act），要求所有汽车必须安装控制污染的设备。当时，美国第一部用胶片拍摄的电视剧《我爱露西》（I Love Lucy）还没有上映呢。30年后，加州又通过了《零排放法规》（Zero Emission Mandate），规定到2003年前，全州至少要有10%尾气零排放的车辆。这个法案因为不切实际而不了了之。加州最近颁布的新规定意味着汽车厂商必须在2025年前，在加州销售大约140万辆高科技、高续航里程的新能源汽车。祝他们好运!

What's good for California...

    "California orders automakers to sell more non-polluting cars" --Bloomberg 01/27/12

    In other words, California is doing the same thing it has been for 52 years: fighting smog. Its original Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Act, which required the installation of pollution-control devices on vehicles was enacted back in 1960, before I Love Lucy went into syndication. Thirty years later, California passed its Zero Emission Mandate, which required 10% of the state's vehicles to produce no emissions by 2003. It was later deemed impractical and was watered down. The new rules mean manufacturers will have to produce about 1.4 million advanced technology high-mileage vehicles for sale in the state by 2025. Good luck with that.