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First, let me congratulate your staff for its efforts to reduce
air
pollution. 

However, my sense is that you may have underestimated the
automobile industry's mindset with regard to producing low
emission, fuel efficient products.  Given the price of fuel and
the serious concern of the American population over these costs,
and their increasing awareness of the role of greenhouse gases in
global warming, I believe there will a greater demand and
willingness by the industry to produce better vehicles. 
Therefore, I believe the time-table spelled out in 1962.1 which
graduates to 16% by year 2018 is too lax.  However the ARB wants
to move the time-table forward, or increase the percentages is up
to your staff (using PHEV, Enhanced AT PZEVs, BPHEVs, AER PHEVs,
or whatever). I believe the U.S. auto manufactueres are
approaching a panic mode and are ready to ramp up production of
alternative vehicles on a scale not seen since what happened in
WW
II.