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I support CalCars.org and the after market Plug In Hybrid industry
in their opposition to these proposed regulations. I urge CARB not
to pass these regulations as currently written and to sit down at
the table with all stake holders in the industry to arrive at a
compromise solution that will allow for the Plug-In Hybrid industry
to thrive.

The number of plug-in hybrids is very small, a fraction of a
percentage of passenger vehicles on the road.  There is no reason
to rush into passing contentious regulations for such a small
number of vehicles.

These regulations are missing the forest for the trees, the
benefits to encouraging the continued development of Plug-In
Hybrids far outweigh the negligible cost to air quality that may
arise from under-regulation at this point in time.  The advantages
include drastic reductions in green house
gases and developing a plausible alternative to imported oil as
well as strong potential to actually improve air quality through
zero emission driving.

Many of the concerns expressed by the CARB engineering staff can
be easily addressed by maintaining the initial engine run sequence
on startup that is currently programmed into all Hybrid Vehicles. 
Simply having this as the one and only requirment would alleviate
nearly all the concerns raised by the CARB engineering staff
without requiring any expensive testing and regulation.

There is no hurry to pass these regulations, there are currently
no major producers selling large quantities of Plug-In Hybrid cars
in California.  Please consider delaying these regulations until
the industry is more mature and better able to achieve compliance.

Part of CARB's mandate is to promote low carbon transportation
options.  CARB should be doing everything in it's power to
encourage Plug-In Electric vehicles, not spending it's resources
trying to regulate them to death."