First Name | Brian |
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Last Name | McDonough |
Email Address | brrrian1@yahoo.com |
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Subject | Instead of weakening the ZEV mandate, CARB must strengthen it! |
Comment | Instead of weakening the ZEV mandate, CARB must strengthen it! 1. FUEL CELLS ARE A FRAUD AND A LIE. The Board must admit and acknowledge that its April, 2003 vote to crush battery EVs and rely on fuel cells was based on false information and wishful thinking. Lobbyists from GM and Ford just plain lied and misled CARB about the reality of fuel cells, despite public comment and professional engineers warnings that it was bogus and lacked reality. 2. ELECTRIC CARS WORK, ARE STILL WORKING, AND MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE. No quotas, no lies, the ZEV mandate must be not only adhered to, but accelerated. The problem is, CARB is relying on the flawed 1996 Memorandum of Agreement, which only forced auto makers to produce a certain number of oil-free cars as a demonstration project. Now, that EVs are proven successful, CARB must insist that they be OFFERED FOR SALE ON THE FREE MARKET without trick or artifice, at a fair price and without lengthy delivery delays. 3. BANKED ZEV CREDITS ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD, not trade secret; the CARB legal department must be reproved for failing to clarify this issue, and upbraided for failing to release the banked ZEV credits. According to the response from one Public Records Request (PRR) I submitted, they don't even know how many fuel cell cars are on the road, by manufacturer! This is an agency that spends $300M per year, and they don't even know these vital, but perhaps embarrassing, numbers. 4. Since we know that EVs work, the 2015 numbers must be moved up. GM now admits that it will produce an EV (plus range-extender) in 2010: there should be no questioning that it must be forced to make that EV available for sale, with no numerical "quota" limiting production or allowing them to stop. No leasing of batteries, no "boomerang" leases, let GM determine the technology. 5. Abandon the "ZEV credits" mistake. Rather than quotas, the simple thing is to just make proven EVs available for sale. Let the manufacturers figure out what batteries; we know that NiMH works, so let them figure out how to get permission from Chevron; we know that lead-acid works, so let them find the right Panasonic battery; we hope that lithium will work, so let them do research while they produce regular, existing plug-in EVs. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-06 11:31:10 |
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