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ELECTRIC VEHICLE OWNERS SAY THEY PREFER THEIR CARS OVER GASOLINE COUNTERPARTS

June 27, 2000

DIAMOND BAR, Calif., (June 1, 2000) - A recent survey of electric vehicle owners shows that 80% of those surveyed are more satisfied with their electric vehicle than with their current gasoline car. Overall, EV owners said they were extremely satisfied with their electric vehicles and 70% said they use the car as their primary vehicle.

Local surveys were distributed in March by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) as well as five state air districts to better understand how electric vehicles are being utilized in both the retail and fleet marketplace. The survey was… Read More

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CLEAN SCHOOL BUSES GET HIGH MARKS

June 28, 2000

A six-year effort by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) to replace old, polluting diesel school buses with clean natural gas vehicles is paying off as a total of 72 CNG buses are now operating in school districts including Walnut, San Juan Capistrano, Whittier, Beaumont, Diamond Bar, Chino, Ontario and Santa Monica.

The MSRC is a government clean air funding committee responsible for allocating a discretionary fund collected from DMV registration fees. The monies must be used for projects that will reduce air pollution from mobile sources - namely cars, trucks and buses.

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