First Name | Fraser |
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Last Name | Smith |
Email Address | fdms67@yahoo.com |
Affiliation | ElectraDrive |
Subject | Incentives for plug-in vehicles |
Comment | As a volunteer member of CalCars and CEO of ElectraDrive, I urge CARB to provide every available stimulus to the market adoption of plug-in vehicles. These vehicles contain an onboard energy store, such as a battery pack or ultracapacitor, that will not by itself contribute to atmospheric pollution. The electricity used to replenish this energy store can be provided largely from baseload generation, which is already scheduled for off-peak delivery, and which is also much easier to regulate (through your colleagues at the CPUC) than millions of small, mobile sources. The most effective regulation would be one where plug-in vehicles are promoted at the expense of the most polluting vehicles on the road. It would not be necessary to make a distinction between pure electric vehicles, extended-range electric vehicles containing a small heat engine of some kind, or blended plug-in hybrid vehicles, because all plug-in vehicles contribute to the same goal of reduced automotive pollution. Further, the technologies being developed for plug-in vehicles are becoming sufficiently adaptable to also be incorporated into the most egregious polluters already on our roads, allowing them to be reclaimed as clean vehicles, and thereby avoiding the resource costs associated with junking old vehicles and manufacturing new ones. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-18 15:22:05 |
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