First Name | Douglas |
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Last Name | Smith |
Email Address | dsmith@caltech.edu |
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Subject | Don't Backpedal Now--We Want 25,000 ZEVs by 2014! |
Comment | Time and again Governor Schwarzenegger has promoted "green" technologies as a tool for not only reducing greenhouse-gas emissions but as an engine of prosperity for California: creating well-paying, high-tech jobs within the state as we pioneer tomorrow's technologies. This is true with electric cars as well--AC Propulsion, which is now converting Scions to electric power, is just down the freeway from Pasadena in San Dimas, CA. The public is ready for ZEVs. Priuses and other hybrids are selling like hotcakes; some enterprising owners are even converting them to plug-in hybrids themselves, rather than waiting for Toyota to get around to manufacturing them. Now is not the time to let the Big Three off the hook yet again. They fought seat belts, they fought air bags, and they probably fought turn signals when they were first required. They could build ZEVs if they really wanted to, and the only way they'll want to is if there's an assured market. So, Ms. Nichols, 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. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-17 15:04:41 |
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