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Dear Ms. Nichols and the CARB Board,

We strongly urge you 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,


Erin Tator
155 Mesa Verde St
Vallejo, CA 94589