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The historic vote on March 27 may determine whether U.S. consumers
get the choice to drive zero-emission vehicles soon or must wait
another decade for that option.

With global warming threatening the planet and the cost of oil
skyrocketing, we can't wait.   

The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program, which put more than 5,000
electric cars on the roads and avoided more than 1 million metric
tons of carbon dioxide emissions (even when factoring in power
plant emissions). In 2003, however, changes to the ZEV Program
allowed electric cars to disappear as long as automakers promised
to produce 25,000 ZEVs in 2012-2014 and 50,000 in 2015-2017. Now
the automakers want out of that promise, and CARB will vote on a
proposal to weaken the Program again.

California is the only state allowed under the Clean Air Act to
set tougher limits on vehicle emissions than federal regulations.
Other states can choose to follow California's standards, and at
least 10 states hope to do so. The CARB vote has national
implications. Support ZEVs. 


Thank you