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I respectfully request the board to reconsider the change to the
rules that only credits will be given for vehicles capable of
refueling within 15 minutes, since this new requirement has no
benefit for the air quality and it will lead to more peak load to
the electric grid, so it will cause a problem that does not exist
today with fast charging in the order of 1/2 hour period.
It is the experience (of many Tesla drivers and a few other
fast-charge capable vehicles) that a half hour recharge period is
acceptable, since a typical rest period during a long range drive
will be of the same time. Recharging an EV is not the same as
refueling with liquid fuel that needs close observation and
requires the presence of the driver or an attendant. Recharging an
EV resembles the charging of a cell phone - nobody waits around
until their phone is charged and nobody expect their phone to be
fully charged up in 15 minutes and that is OK, since the user is
not required to be present the whole recharge time. He or she can
repose, eat, nap, go to the bathroom or even shop at the stores
nearby the charging station while the EV is connected to the grid.
The shortening of the charging time has no benefits and causes
higher stresses on EV batteries and grid, making it more difficult
to implement and thus hindering the availability of clean air
vehicles that are so successful today, the EVs. I request you to
remove the 15 minute limit for fast charging. Kind Regards,
Cor van de Water
EV driver,
Sunnyvale, CA.