MetaFilter posts tagged with California and cars

What. The. F*ck. Clean Air Act (2005)?

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:08:21 -0800

The US Clean Air Act makes it illegal to sell highly environmentally-friendly cars in 42 states. Apparently.

Why not just sue the drivers?

knave — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:34:54 -0800

NewsFilter: California launches lawsuit against automakers for causing global warming. via

More, more, still not satisfied.....

troutfishing — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:54:05 -0800

The Great American 'Garage Mahal' - cars, houses and garages of the American super-sized new affluent class grow ever larger : "three separate two-car garages attached to his $750,000 brick abode: one for his son Brandon, one for his wife, Janice, and one for him. His garages' many amenities include carpeting, cable TV, speakers wired to the home stereo system and a bathroom. "I've always liked garages and I don't think you can have enough of them," " Mr. Bernard said."

Electric Vehicles: Back to the future?

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 08 Apr 2003 12:56:33 -0800

The General Motors EV1 electric car is soon to be a museum piece: "As California retreats from its strict pollution regulation, GM is taking the cars off the road when leases expire because it can no longer supply parts to repair them", according to this article. CARB (the California Air Resources Board) has proposed pushing back its Zero Emissions Vehicle timetable another two years [PDF link], to 2005. Is the success of the hybrid vehicle killing progress on the all-electric vehicle?

jasonshellen — Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:09:26 -0800

California on verge of gutting goals for electric cars, Ed Begley Jr and the rest of California hangs collective heads in shame.