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To the board:

I'm a person who plans on buying a hybrid and wishes to covert to
a “plug-in”.  I should not be burdened more or less than an owner
who wishes to modify his or her non-hybrid car.  Car owners all
across our state modify their vehicles in various ways such as
upgrading the carburetor, muffler system, fuel systems, and tire
sizes often times resulting in a decrease in fuel efficiency and an
increase in carbon release.  

CARBs purpose is to regulate and monitor air pollution in
California, not to over regulate those emerging industries that
would help CARB reach its goals.  

Shop owners that do “plug-in” conversions should not have to
provide warrantees or guarantees that differ from the warrantees
or guarantees that traditional car maintenance and repair shops are
required to offer.  Warrantees or guarantees are market devices
that help competitors separate themselves and should be the option
of such “plug-in” conversion shops  nd/or buyers of such
conversions.

Another concern I have is that “Fuel Cell” type EV’s are being
fast-tracked through the regulatory process.  Electric cars are
the way of the future, but not PEM fuel cell EV’s.  Hydrogen
produced and packaged for use in cars is highly redundant when the
car is already operating on electricity.  Using PEM fuel cells is
an inefficient use of PEM technology when one considers that %50+
of the energy produced is heat and is mostly useless to the system
or operator.  Also, hydrogen requires much energy to make and then
store in liquid form.

It is my opinion that electricity is the future of energy, and
because its use in vehicular motorization is conducive to the 
oals of CARB it would be more productive to resist placing
regulatory barriers between citizens and their right to own and
drive electric and hybrid/electric vehicles.

Thank you,