cdub
Well-known member
The issue is that CARB performs its testing with the engine running – it has no electric-power-only test. When the Volt's engine runs, it emits 1.3 g/km, which puts it 0.3 grams beyond the allowance for a SULEV vehicle. What's more, since it can't get the PZEV (Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle) rating of the Prius and Leaf, it can't get carpool lane stickers in California. One of the biggest boons of buying a green car, at least in California, is the extra time you get to enjoy your life because you can use the carpool lane and don't need to haul around Frank and Bob from sales in order to to it.
Crazy!
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/28/carb-gives-the-chevy-volt-ulev-ii-status-misses-sulev-ii-by-a-h/
Sorry if this was post elsewhere....first time I heard about it... but man... that's gotta tick people off.