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I think it's very important for California to lead the other states
in clean-air, low emissions vehicles. However, I am worried by so
many powerful people's acceptance of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
as the means to that goal. I personally have much more faith in
purely-electric vehicles like those made by Tesla and other
companies. Battery and capacitor technologies are improving at an
amazing pace, and I believe that the next 5 years will bring us a
technology that can charge an electric car in about the same time
that it takes to fill the fuel tank in a car (look at the advances
made by EEStor in Austin, TX).

One of the primary advantages of battery-electric vehicles is
their ability to be charged anywhere that has a standard power
outlet, meaning that an all-electric car could drive from coast to
coast today, able to refuel anywhere. Obviously, fully-electric
cars would put a strain on the electrical infrastructure of the
state, however it seems to me that that strain would be something
which would increase steadily and be able to be dealt with across
years as more and more electric vehicles were made. In contrast to
that, a hydrogen system would require the construction of fueling
stations throughout the state before even 1 car would be viable
across the entire state.

Obviously, I support the Governor's agenda to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions 25% by 2020.

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.

I'm very worried that the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
may reduce the number of ZEVs required of automakers by 90%,
settling for only 2,500 from 2012-2014.

Please, for the sake of the people of California and of those
other states who will follow our lead, stick to your original
requirements to have the full 25,000 ZEVs that automakers had
promised for 2012-2014. I also believe that there should be a
separate requirement created for plug-in hybrids that lets them
replace the dirtiest vehicles in CARB's regulations, rather than
the cleanest ZEVs. Hybrids, even plug-in hybrids are _not_ ZEVs.

Choice for consumers means cleaner air for everyone.

Thank you very much for reading my comments.

  -- Jeremy Gibson