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In brief:


 Green-car policies must be consistent.
 Consumers must be engaged and better educated.
 U.S. should dominate technologies.
 Hybrids will lead the way for at least 10 years.
 Focus on combinations of answers, not single solutions.


By Terril Yue Jones, Contributor


WASHINGTON - Bigwigs and foot soldiers in the green car industry have joined regional utility officials and lawmakers at the Electric Drive Transportation Assn. annual policy meeting here this week to debate a roadmap for green vehicles that calls for increased private and public technology investments and deeper interaction with consumers.



Regulators need to agree on standards, utilities need to figure out how to manage energy better, and consumers must be better educated about electric and alternative-fuel vehicles, participants at the conference said Tuesday Wednesday.


"Today, with our energy security needs and climate change, the obvious answer is moving toward an electric-drive transportation future," Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) told a luncheon crowd.  "That requires a national will and regulatory structure, and for the American people to buy into it."


The EDTA this week issued an action plan that sees vehicle electrification as the way to energy security, environmental health and a robust economy.
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Tags: Fuel Cell, Hybrid, Plug-ins and Electric, EDTA, Electric Drive Transportation Association, EVs, Green Vehicles, Smart Grid

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