Electric Cars produced in the EV Mandate Era
By: +David Herron; Date: 2021-01-03T23:53:32.225Z
Tags: EV Tracker »»»» TBD
In the early 90's California enacted legislation requiring a certain percentage of cars sold each year be [[[ Zero Emissions Vehicles ]]]. The purpose was to clean up horrible air quality, especially in the Los Angeles area which, due to geographic conditions and the over-dependance on cars, has a tremendous pollution inputs with no where for the pollution to blow away. The legal requirements led to a period in the late 90's we now call the [[[ EV Mandate Era ]]] where the car companies built several electric vehicles, while complaining they did so under duress of an imposed mandate from the government to do so.
These cars were the TBD
- Honda EV Plus
- [[[ Toyota RAV4 EV ]]]
- [[[ GM's EV1 ]]]
- [[[ Chevy S10 Electric ]]]
- [[[ Ford Ranger EV ]]]
- [[[ Nissan Altima ]]]