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I strongly oppose actions by CARB that would reduce the required
number of ZEV's.  The ZEV goals were once 2% in 1998, 3% in 2001,
and 10% in 2003, but CARB put off clean air progress for 14 years
until 2012 while our air quality and the people of this state
suffer. As that date draws near, CARB staff proposes to further
delay, by cutting the target in 2012 from 0.4% to 0.04%. The new
target does not even approach the number of vehicles you have
previously shown to be possible. 

Today we have better technology and significantly raised consumer
awareness, so there is no excuse for this backsliding. I ask that
you put 25,000 pure ZEVs on California's roads between 2012 and
2014. If that is one fifth of the 1998 goal, but at least it is a
start. Staff's proposed 840 vehicles a year is not even a start;
it is an insult to the peoplse of this state. You stand firm.
Please don’t allow the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program to
backslide by giving up 90% of the ZEVs promised by automakers and
settling for only 2,500 vehicles from 2012-2014. We need ZEVs, and
we also need plug-in hybrids. More options for consumers mean
cleaner air for everyone. I ask you to (1) re-commit to the full
25,000 ZEVs the automakers promised, (2) create a separate
requirement for plug-in hybrids that lets them replace dirtier
vehicles, and (3) provide incentives for plug-in hybrids that have
the most on-board electricity storage. The number of Zero Emission
Vehicles (ZEVs) proposed by CARB staff will automakers to bacslide
on their 2003 agreement and require just 2,500 true ZEVs from
2012-2014. Startups alone plan to introduce this many ZEVs; surely
the major automakers can do better and not manipulate the system
with credits. I ask that: (1) you require the full 25,000 ZEVs
between 2012-2014 that the automakers lobbied for and agreed to in
2003; (2) that you implement a level playing field between all
types of ZEVs to get clean cars on the roads of Califorania; and
(3) provide incentives for plug-in hybrids by taking from the
dirtiest cars, not the cleanest ones. 

thank you!