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A historic vote by the Air Resources Board on will be taking place
soon that could determine whether consumers across the United
States get the choice to drive zero-emission vehicles soon or must
wait another decade for that option.

On March 27 you will revise your Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV)
Program, which will put more than 5,000 electric cars on the roads
and avoid more than 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide
emissions (even when factoring in power plant emissions). In 2003,
however, changes to the ZEV Program allowed electric cars to
disappear as long as automakers promised to produce 25,000 ZEVs in
2012-2014 and 50,000 in 2015-2017. Now the automakers want out of
that promise: will you vote on a proposal to weaken the Program
again?
California is the only state allowed under the Clean Air Act to
set tougher limits on vehicle emissions than federal regulations.
Other states can choose to follow California's standards, and at
least 10 states hope to do so. The CARB vote has national
implications. With global warming threatening the planet and the
cost of oil skyrocketing, we don't have time to wait.