Heh, part of that problem is that California's CEC thought it best to supersede the federal regulations / enforcement, and force manufacturers to either adopt California as the ultimate energy-czar, or create *multiple* versions of their product that follow both federal and California regs separately if they wanted to stay in business.
Despite many meetings from manufacturer engineers to find a common reasonable ground, it was all shot down. Manufacturers who don't want to spend their lifetimes in court, looked at the bottom line, and either just dropped out of business, or felt brow-beaten into following one state's standard along with the federal one.
Question is - who is the next state to set the regs over the feds, and force another round of retooling / manufacturing? I guess California is in charge now. Like collecting state specialty coins, I can't wait to add a Nebraska-specific charger to my collection.
The problem manufacturers have is not one of efficiency being a good thing, but one of trying to stay in the business game when the goalposts are constantly moved around. For some, the issue was not about efficiency, but a political power-play.
My feeling is that consumers in states other than California are now subsidizing the cost of retooling / manufacturing specially regulated chargers (and other gear...) so thanks!
Resistance is futile. All your chargers belong to us.
Despite many meetings from manufacturer engineers to find a common reasonable ground, it was all shot down. Manufacturers who don't want to spend their lifetimes in court, looked at the bottom line, and either just dropped out of business, or felt brow-beaten into following one state's standard along with the federal one.
Question is - who is the next state to set the regs over the feds, and force another round of retooling / manufacturing? I guess California is in charge now. Like collecting state specialty coins, I can't wait to add a Nebraska-specific charger to my collection.
The problem manufacturers have is not one of efficiency being a good thing, but one of trying to stay in the business game when the goalposts are constantly moved around. For some, the issue was not about efficiency, but a political power-play.
My feeling is that consumers in states other than California are now subsidizing the cost of retooling / manufacturing specially regulated chargers (and other gear...) so thanks!
Resistance is futile. All your chargers belong to us.
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