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CARB staff proposes to delay again, by cutting the target in 2012
from 0.4% to 0.04%. The new target does not even approach the
number of vehicles you have previously shown to be possible. Today
we have better technology and significantly raised consumer
awareness, so there is no excuse for this backsliding. 

I ask that you put 25,000 pure ZEVs on California's roads between
2012 and 2014. If that is one fifth of the 1998 goal, but at least
it is a start. Staff's proposed 840 vehicles a year is not even a
start; it is an insult. You must do better.   Please don’t allow
the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program to backslide by giving up
90% of the ZEVs promised by automakers and settling for only 2,500
vehicles from 2012-2014. We need ZEVs, and we also need plug-in
hybrids. More options for consumers mean cleaner air for everyone.


I ask you to (1) re-commit to the full 25,000 ZEVs the automakers
promised, (2) create a separate requirement for plug-in hybrids
that lets them replace dirtier vehicles, and (3) provide
incentives for plug-in hybrids that have the most on-board
electricity storage. The technology is ready today and has been
proven by thousands of EVs or PHEVs now on the roads in
California.

Regards,
Thomas Sidle