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Dear Mary Nichols;

I am writing to that I strongly support reducing greenhouse gas
emissions 25% by 2020.

And I believe wholeheartedly that the most promising way to reach
this goal is to give consumers the choice to buy Zero-Emission
Vehicles (ZEVs), like the electric Tesla Roadster.

Please do not reduce the number of ZEVs required of automakers by
90%, settling for only 2,500 from 2012-2014.

Please:

1. Require the full 25,000 ZEVs that automakers had promised for
2012-2014, and
2. Create a separate requirement for plug-in hybrids that lets
them replace the dirtiest vehicles in CARB's regulations, rather
than the cleanest ZEVs.

Choice for consumers means cleaner air for everyone.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT MY WIFE AND I ARE PROUD OWNERS
OF A 2000 TOYOTA RAV4 ELECTRIC CAR, AND HAVE NEVER HAD A MOMENT'S
REGRET FROM OUR PURCHASE OF IT.  IN FACT, OUR APPRECIATION OF IT
HAS ONLY INCREASED THE MORE WE'VE USED IT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT GAS
PRICES ARE NEARING THE $4.00 MARK.  OUR RAV4 ELECTRIC IS ONE OF THE
ELECTRIC CARS "THEY" TRIED TO KILL.  MEANWHILE WE NEVER STOP
GETTING ASKED ABOUT IT WHEREVER WE GO BY PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THEY
WOULD LOVE TO OWN ONE.  AS A VEHICLE FOR TRAVELING AROUND THE
METRO AREA, IT IS EASILY THE BEST AND MOST PRACTICAL CAR ON THE
ROAD.  I URGE YOU, MS. NICHOLS, DO YOUR BEST FOR THE ECONOMY AND
THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE AND OUR FRAGILE PLANET. 
FULLY SUPPORT THE MANUFACTURING OF ELECTRIC CARS.  IT'S A
TECHNOLOGY WHOSE TIME HAS ARRIVED AND THAT PEOPLE DESIRE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

HOWARD GINDOFF

P.S. THE ATTACHED FILE IS A PICTURE OF OUR THEN 4 YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER, JULIETTA YEANEY, IN HER TOYOTA RAV4 ELECTRIC CAR
HALLOWEEN COSTUME WHICH WE PAINSTAKINGLY MADE FOR HER BECAUSE SHE
LOVES THE CAR SO MUCH.  INCIDENTALLY, SHE WON FIRST PRISE.