The Calstart consortium (electric vehicle industry)

The author describes the attempt by a private consortium called Calstart to create an electric vehicle industry that it hopes will utilize the engineers and other specialists idled by the aerospace industry´s eight-year decline. Calstart hopes to succeed by taking advantage of a factor that is usually cited as a weakness of California´s economy-the state´s stringent environmental regulations. The advantages and drawbacks of operating in California are examined, as are the problems confronting development of an electric vehicle.<>