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ZEV2008:
May we strongly urge you to provide significant incentives to auto
manufacturers and potential buyers to encourage them to make the
cars and encourage the public to buy these cars.  Plug-in hybrids
and ZEVS (all electric vehicles) are equally important and should
be treated as such.
1. A $5000 tax incentive should be provided for all purchasers of
these cars for a 3 year time frame from the first car
availability.
2. These cars should be provided with a special sticker for the
rear window permiting the owner to ride in the carpool lane.
3. Shopping centers, sports venues, multi screen theatres,
corporate, and government employee parking lots, and major retail
outlets, such as, COSTCO, Sams Club, and Walmart should be
required to provide convenient parking spaces with electrical
outlets to charge these vehicles while the owner is shopping.  The
electricity should be provide by the local electric company free of
charge for a period of at least 3 years while the program is being
initiated. Corporations should then be encouraged to share the
cost of the electricity for another designated period of time.
4. The manufacturers should provide a free 5-7 minute audio visual
presentation on CD or DVD describing the benefits of plug-in hybrid
or all electric ZEV vehicle.  These DVDS should go to every new
owner of these vehicles and should be provided to every
prospective showroom buyer.  
5. Auto dealers should share the cost of these DVDS with the
manufacturers and send them by mail to a qualified dealer prospect
list for viewing in the home, with an invitiation to visit the
showroom to receive a small gift and test drive or view these
cars. 
6. Dealers could also offer prospects a free one year lease of one
of these cars for visiting the showroom and registering for a
drawing.