First Name | Clinton |
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Last Name | Kennedy |
Email Address | cdkennedy@aol.com |
Affiliation | myself |
Subject | Amendments to the California Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation |
Comment | About five years ago CARB changed the zero emission vehicle rules based primarily based on auto industry complaints that it was too costly to achieve and that fuel cell vehicles would soon be available. What has happened since? - Fuel cell vehicles are still not on the market and there is no hope they will be any time soon or that they will be affordable even when they arrive. - In particular, the US auto industry is being overtaken by foreign competators at the cost of thousands of US jobs. GM had a technological edge in 2003 with their EV-1 but the change in CARB rules that year simply gave them permission to shoot themselves in the foot by abandoning their significant lead. - The absence of ZEV's not only means more pollution but it also means more dependance on oil. Clearly gasoline has almost doubled in price since 2003 with no end in sight. CARB should revise it's current rules to mandate high production levels of ZEV's and Plug-in Hybrids over the very short range for the California market. The costs may be high at first but would they really be higher than gasoline costs doubling? |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-25 04:56:40 |
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