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Comment 82 for Volkswagen Settlement - California ZEV Investments (vw-zevinvest-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Abas
Last Name: Goodarzi
Email Address: abas@ushybrid.com
Affiliation: CA

Subject: US Hybrid Comments on Volkswagen California ZEV Investment Commitment
Comment:
December 16, 2016

US Hybrid Comments on Volkswagen California ZEV Investment
Commitment

Prepared for: California Air Resources Board

US Hybrid Corporation strongly supports the planned Air Resources
Board’s (ARB’s) process aimed at using the Volkswagen (VW)
California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Commitment in a
way that maximizes adoption of zero emission vehicles—to advance
California’s leadership in environmental policy. US Hybrid applauds
ARB’s strong encouragement for VW to include Zero Emission
medium-duty (MD) and heavy-duty (HD) goods movement, hydrogen
infrastructure and outreach efforts in its consent-decree
investment plans. 

USH encourages inclusion in these plans in particular:
•	Funding of public outreach efforts aimed at increasing
California’s awareness and comfortability with MD & HD fuel cell
hydrogen truck-and-bus infrastructure and associated technologies.
•	Early expansion of the hydrogen refueling station network and
supporting infrastructure to include commercial vehicles
•	Fuel cell powered medium and heavy duty trucks for supporting
goods movement and transit buses for public transportation
•	Hydrogen production that enables primary renewable energy
development, such as that of the expanding hydrogen infrastructure
in ways that further the Green Cities Vision
•	Support for large-scale renewable hydrogen production facilities
to enable cost-effective zero carbon fuel for transit and freight
movements.  
US Hybrid believes strongly that ARB needs to insure that the
settlement money is equitably used to fund a balanced portfolio of
zero emission vehicle technologies with a focus on much needed MD &
HD trucks—the dominant pollutant culprits for disadvantaging
communities in proximity to port operation. 
US Hybrid, established in 1999 and located in Torrance, CA, is an
industry leader in the design & production of zero emission transit
and goods movement industries since 1999.  We have every
expectation that these projects will support ARB’s current and
long-term goals and will meet ARB’s guidelines for consideration in
VW’s investment plan.

I look forward to working with the ARB and the Volkswagen Group as
this process continues!

Sincerely, 


Abas Goodarzi, Ph.D., PE.
President, CEO | US Hybrid Corporation 
Tel: 310-212-1200 | abas@ushybrid.com

Attachment: www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/89-vw-zevinvest-ws-USRVIABeAjlSLQBi.pdf

Original File Name: US Hybrid Comments on VW ZE Investment.pdf

Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-12-16 17:05:10



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