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• There is strong support for implementation of the Pavley "Clean
Cars" standards which continue to call for reduction of global
warming pollution from personal vehicles. While the Pavley
standards will allow us to meet 2020 goals for greenhouse gas
reductions, in order to meet 2050 goals we need more than that
before 2020.
•  The state should immediately begin a dramatic shift toward
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles to
begin the ramp-up needed to meet 2050 greenhouse gas reduction
goals. This should be stated specifically in the Plan to make sure
it is implemented. 
• The state should immediately create a Battery Electric Vehicle
Partnership with industry to speed the electrification of the
light-duty vehicle fleet, and redirect resources from hydrogen
fuel-cell vehicle programs to battery initiatives. Advancements in
battery technology and increasing gasoline prices have improved the
market for battery electric vehicles, and their benefits in
reducing greenhouse gases are proven. Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles
conflict with the Plan's demand for energy efficiency because they
require double to quadruple the amount of electricity to operate
compared with battery electric vehicles.
• The minimum goal of 7,500 Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs)
currently required by the Zero Emission Vehicle Program in
2012-2014 is grossly inadequate. CARB should establish a goal of
hundreds of thousands of ZEVs in that time frame, and recommend
increased funding for immediate development of plug-in hybrid
vehicles and infrastructure for all plug-in vehicles.
• CARB should create a program and incentives to encourage
conversion of the 100,000 hybrids now in use in the state to
plug-in hybrids, and mandate all appropriate state fleet vehicles
be plug-in or zero-emission vehicles.