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  I happen to own and drive a Chevy S10 ELECTRIC automobile, made
in 1998.  It works great!  Why aren't these cars available now? 
Why can't I get another one? Because CARB capitulated to the auto
companies and their hype regarding Fuel Cell technology.  Recent
statement by some of the major foreign automakers admit that fuel
cell technology is many, many years from being practical.  And
it's obvious why - PEM fuel cells don't last very long and they
use very expensive materials.  The alternative rejected by CARB,
BATTERY electric vehicles, worked then, works now, and my S10E
(with the EV1 drive train) proves it, still going strong after 10
years!

  CARB missed it's chance to really stimulate the R&D and the
production of real, practical ZEV cars last time around.  Because
of this mistake, Californians have continue to contribute to air
pollution and global warming at an accelerating and alarming rate,
during the 10 years since my S10E was made.  And because of this
mistake, the technology development in battery electric vehicles
is less than it could have been, were the resources that were
WASTED on fuel cell technology instead invested in far more proven
technology.  When are you guys going to wake up, and tell the auto
companies to respect people's lives and the life of the planet? 
When are you going to show some spine?

Because of the delay in brining something real to market, the
situation has gotten worse and worse.  Now, the chickens are
coming home to roost, and far more drastic action is needed - to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reverse global warming.  I
urge you to accelerate MANDATED levels of battery electric cars
and ZEVs.

So foreget about "ZEV credits". They are not getting the job done.
 Since we know that battery electric cars work, and because we know
that the global warming tipping point is 350ppm CO2 (with levels
already at 377), the 2015 numbers MUST be moved up.  Mitsubishi is
going to be selling an EV in Japan next year.  GM now admits that
it will produce an EV (plus range-extender) in 2010.  The auto
companies, having been given all the rope in the world by CARB in
the past, has failed to produce a single ZEV for sale in
California in the last 6 years.  Now they must be made to  do so. 
So forget about ZEV credits - make them make real cars for sale! 
And don't allow them to limit the quantities, stop producing, or
just lease the cars.  Make them SELL and support the cars and the
technology.

You're not fooling anyone with bullshit designed to appease the
auto and oil companies.  Please do your job!