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Who Killed the Electric Car? pinned some of the blame for the death
of the electric vehicle in the United States on the California Air
Resources Board. In 2003, the board relaxed its landmark support
for so-called zero-emission vehicles after being sued by the major
car companies and the Bush administration. Automakers and the
administration convinced air board members that hydrogen fuel-cell
vehicles were a more viable technology than battery-operated cars,
despite the fact that fuel-cell vehicles currently cost about $1
million each and are believed to be at least fifteen to thirty
years away from mass production.