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 The ZEV goals were once 2% in 1998, 3% in 2001, and 10% in 2003,
but later CARB put off clean air progress for 14 years until 2012.
As that date draws near, CARB staff proposes to delay again, 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. You must do better.  
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
backslide on their 2003 agreement and require just 2,500 true ZEVs
from 2012 to 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 and 2014 that the automakers lobbied for
and agreed to in 2003; (2) that you implement a level playing
field between all type sof 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.