Orrin Hatch: “Our purpose in authorizing an ``equivalent test'' is not to push manufacturers to one particular hybrid design by virtue…”

“Our purpose in authorizing an ``equivalent test'' is not to push manufacturers to one particular hybrid design by virtue of our prescribing the standard 10 second pulse power test. Rather, we want to provide flexibility in the methodology of measuring the hybrid performance of the vehicle and providing increased incentives for those vehicles that utilize the optimum combination of power from the two power sources.”