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I have been following this thread for a while.  I think that if the
engineering fix is to have the engine start at the beginning and
heat up the catalytic converter, then run the car in EV mode--this
can be done without requiring several cars to undergo extensive
testing --just mandate it for the conversions and the plug-ins will
be less polluting but still viable.  Adding a huge price-tag seems
like over-kill.  CARB can sub-contract with one provider, test the
----- out of the car in ev and other modes, and come up with an
engineering fix that should satisfy both the need to reduce overall
emissions, and the need to not spend an extraordinary amount of
money to do it.  Certainly some of the Stimulus money must be
oriented to the transportation sector--this would be a small issue
for that large pot of money.  But a big win for the environment if
we can run our electric cars (largely) without the fossil fuel that
we are running them on now.  As I said before, I put a solar array
on my roof just so I could run my car on sun power. I think
everyone (and every corporation that can get a parking lot involved
with on-site solar and chargers) should do the same.  We can
definitely dial down our GHG's this way.

Thanks for listening.

Jean