Sustainable Solutions: Hypercars

Who What Where:	As consumers confront the reality of escalating energy prices and our dependence on foreign oil, real transportation alternatives to fossil fuel dependence are appearing on the horizon. From the American Solar Challenge 2001 to electric vehicles and hyper cars, changes to our modes of transport are in the works! Both Honda and Toyota have hybrid-electric drive vehicles on the market today.
Why:	In an effort to combat increasing levels of smog and air pollution, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) in 1990 embarked on a plan to reduce vehicle emissions to zero through the use of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). They mandated that at least 2 percent, 5 percent, and 10 percent of new car sales be zero-emitting by 1998, 2001 and 2003, respectively. Adjustments have been made to this mandate in 1996 and again in January 2001 to allow for cost constraints, lead-time, and technical challenges.
What California and Automakers are Doing:	California is leading our country toward a sustainable nonpolluting source of transportation solutions. ARB is setting up a program to distribute up to $68 million in incentive funds for consumers who buy or lease ZEVs
Learn More:	California Air Resources Board: ZEV information and updates. www.zevinfo.com Honda Insight: This small 2+2 hatchback, which gets an EPA-rated 67 mpg, has a simple type of hybrid-electric drivesystem and an aerodynamic, aluminum body. www.honda2000.com/models/insight/ Toyota Prius: This small four-door sedan was introduced in Japan in 1997 as the world's first mass-produced hybrid-electric drive vehicle. http://prius.toyota.com www.fueleconomy.gov: The joint U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency web site that tracks the fuel economy of every car available in the U.S. and contains plenty of useful technology and car buying information. www.fueleconomy.gov PNGV: The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles aims to create a tripled-efficiency family car by 2004. Automakers recently unveiled their latest prototypes. www.ta.doc.gov/pngv/cover/pngvcover.htm WestStart: WestStart offers up-to-date news on the advanced transportation industry. www.weststart.com Clean Car Campaign: A national campaign that promotes the development and sale of advanced technology vehicles that meet a high clean car standard. www.cleancarcampaign.org/ American Solar Challenge: A 2,300 miles solar car race along old Route 66 demonstrating the potential of solar power in helping to solve our transportation challenges. www.formulasun.org U.S. Census Bureau, American Fact Finder http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

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