California is readying emission testing for six heavy-duty diesel hybrids next year in a study to be conducted by the University of California Riverside. The state is looking to see how these hybrid construction machines save on emissions. The study will put half a dozen earth movers from Caterpillar and Komatsu (both pioneering hybrid systems [...]
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California Turns to Bureaucrats to Make Energy Efficient Trucks
September 8th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen Apparently unaware of the oxymoron created when using the term “bureaucrat” and “efficient” in the same sentence, California’s Energy Commission has dedicated a new facility in Pasadena, California as the home of the California Hybrid, Efficient and Advanced Truck Research Center (CalHEAT, how catchy) to conduct research into newer meeting-extension technologies, faster paper shuffling efforts, [...]
As If You Needed Another Reason to Hate California
July 19th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Image via Wikipedia Now you have two more. Assuming you’re a Chevy Volt and/or hybrid car fan, anyway. First, California will be ending the special exemption that Prius and other hybrid car owners enjoyed which allowed their “green cars” to use the HOV (aka “carpool”) lane even when only one passenger was in the car. [...]
