| First Name | Raymond |
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| Last Name | Daly |
| Email Address | reddaly@gmail.com |
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| Subject | More ambitious ZEV required to avoid dangerous warming levels |
| Comment | The world is not on track to prevent dangerous levels of global warming[1,2]. California must pursue more aggressive climate policies, both to reduce its own emissions and to catalyze mass adoption of new technologies necessary to avoid potentially catastrophic climate change. The latest generation of plug-in hybrids and battery electric hybrids are affordable enough that California could massively increase the rate of adoption. The current rules set a 4.5% ZEV credit requirement for 2018 and 22% requirement for 2025[3]. Toyota could meet a 45% TZEV requirement in 2017 if it sold its $22,600 (after federal rebate) plug-in hybrid to everyone buying a Toyota sedan. In comparison, current Toyota sedans cost $21,000 on average, require over $12,000 for gasoline over their useful lifetime, and cause $3,000+ in public health externalities, according to the American Lung Association. I encourage CARB to take the following actions 1. A more rapid increase in ZEV requirements in light of the favorable economics presented above 2. A lifetime pollution fee on new internal combustion vehicles so that public health damages are priced into car sales. See the American Lung Association's report. 3. Introduction of a ZEV mandate by vehicle class to encourage development of zero emissions pickups and SUVs. [1] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7609/pdf/nature18307.pdf [2] http://www.climatecentral.org/news/unep-report-climate-change-20846?utm_content=bufferc815c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer [3] https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevregs/1962.2_Clean.pdf |
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| Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2017-03-09 19:26:58 |
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