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Dear Ms. Nichols and the CARB Board,

As one who drove the 100% Electric BMW MINI E over 50K miles and
now currently driving the 100% Electric BMW ACTIVE E, I urge the
CARB Board to close a gaping loophole that could deal a blow to the
proliferation of plug-in vehicles just as we are starting to see
real volume production. We urge you not to approve the proposed
"overcompliance" provision which would dramatically weaken the
California ZEV program allowing automakers that ‘overcomply’ with
the new Federal GHG standards to get away with producing fewer EVs.
This provision allows an automaker to cut the number of pure
electric-drive vehicles by as much as 50% over the 2018 to 2021
timeframe in exchange for just 2 g/ mile GHG overcompliance during
that time.  This is a bad deal for California and for the United
States! 

Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota are once again trying to game the
system.   Please don't let them do this, especially as we see the
great progress made by Nissan, GM, Ford, Tesla, Coda, and other
OEMs truly committed to building a real sustainable business around
electric vehicles.

You must close this loophole and not approve the proposed
overcompliance provision, so that California will continue to drive
high volumes of plug-in vehicles and the CARB board doesn't further
weaken the ZEV mandate.   

Signed,
Todd Crook

Todd Crook
290 Pomona Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90803