Green Cars

California's strict Zero-Emission mandate drives clean auto Technology. In the summer of 2003, the Big Three automakers told Congress that it wasn't possible to meet a 40 miles per gallon standard by 2015. But the Japanese auto manufacture Toyota did it, without government subsidies, with the Prius, a car with a gasoline engine and an electric motor. Jim Motivalli, Editor of E: The Environmental Magazine and author of Breaking Gridlock, Todd Campbell, policy director for the Coalition for Clean Air, a nonprofit dedicated to improving air quality in California, Jeffrey Partain, environmental product planning manager, Toyota Motor Sales USA, and Joel Schwartz, Senior Fellow with Reason Foundation join Host Larry Mantle to discuss new "green" cars on the market, as well as new innovations coming soon.