I don’t like this rule. I don’t like the justification for it; I don’t like the govenrment mandates; I don’t like the absence of legal authority; I don’t like the inaction of Congress that allowed this action in such an absence.
But it should be noted that this is a major compromise which renders the rule almost moot. By including hybrid autos, he made the targets super-easy, barely an inconvenience. I predict that hybrid plus electric surpasses 50% market share by 2028
2029. Typo.
Toyota the king of hybrids has said that the 2025 Camry will be sold only as a hybrid this is one of the best selling cars in the world that’s how confident Toyota is in their hybrid drive train. Having leased for extended periods of time a Prius and Camry hybrid they both return impressive mileage the Prius showed 82mpg in bumper to bumper traffic over a ten mile run with high 70s the norm in DFW area rush hour over 40 mile trips. The battery pack in the Toyota hybrids are all under 2kWh as it only takes 600 watt hours to slow a full sized sedan from 60 mph to zero or vice versa. The goal of the hybrid is to allow the electric motors with superior torque to accelerate and slow the car with the engine only providing the average load point torque all peaks are done electrically. I have a cousin with a Prius well over 150,000 miles on the same brake pads and the pack is going strong it still shows all bars when full charged. It’s the older NiMH pack not the better newer lithium packs with twice the cycle life vs NiMH cells.