Overview

1. For the complete text of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, see web site http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid= f:publ058.109.pdf.

2. Full hybrids include an integrated starter-generator that allows improved efficiency by shutting the engine off when the vehicle is idling and an electric motor that provides tractive power to the vehicle when it is moving. Mild hybrids include only an integrated starter.

3. Energy Information Administration, Impacts of Modeled Recommendations of the National Commission on Energy Policy, SR/OIAF/2005-02 (Washington, DC, April 2005), web site www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/bingaman, and Energy Market Impacts of Alternative Greenhouse Gas Intensity Reduction Goals, SR/OIAF/2006-01 (Washington, DC, March 2006), web site www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/service_rpts.htm.