First Name | Les |
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Last Name | Hamasaki |
Email Address | leshamasaki9@yahoo.com |
Affiliation | US Green Vehicle Council & Tom Bradley L |
Subject | Cash for EV Retrofit Inititiative |
Comment | The US Green Vehicle Council is advocating a "Cash for EV Retrofit" program that proposes to incentivize with cash subsidies or rebates by local and federal agencies (i.e., AQMD, DOE, DOL, etc) to convert gas guzzlers to electric vehicles in order to meet California AB 32 mandate. This program will: • Save commuters money, especially if gas prices reach $5/gal; • Win our energy independence from imported oil: • Insure our National Security; • Reduce our international trade deficit where 1/3+ is for oil import; • Clean our air we breathe to prevent asthma in our children and cancer in our elderly; Prevent a global food crisis caused by the rising cost of oil for transportation and fertilizer,etc; • Reduce our carbon footprint; and • Empower small EV technician and specialist to create local jobs and small businesses, especially our Veterans that sacrifices American blood for oil. President Obama established a goal of purchasing 1 million new electric vehicles on the road by 2015 by governmental agencies and consumers, primarily focused on vehicles made by large automakers, in order to revive the auto industry and save jobs. USGVC believes that we must develop a comprehensive strategy to include the retrofitting of the existing 35 million vehicles in California to accelerate the EV Evolution. USGVC is proposing to retrofit 1 million ICE Clunkers to EVs by 2015, if proper incentives are available today. Currently, the Cleantech institute has provided training in EV Technicians in California that is funded by the workforce investment board. We are training our returning veterans to become EV Conversion specialists to reduce our addiction to imported oil in order to insure our National Security. There are over 500 million internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles operating n the US today, approximately 1.5 vehicles per person in the U.S. Unless we have a program to not only purchase brand new electric vehicles, but to create a network of Green Vehicle Conversion Centers, we are not addressing the issue of climate change and meeting California’s AB 32 mandate. I recommend that ARB pursue an aggressive Cash for EV Conversion Program. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2012-01-25 11:15:03 |
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