First Name | Richard |
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Last Name | Gillock |
Email Address | r.r.gillock@ieee.org |
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Subject | Retain the ZEV Mandate |
Comment | As an Aerospace Engineer and an owner of a Prius Hybrid I appreciate the technical advances that make plug-in electric vehicles viable today. Battery technology has advanced enormously as high volume demand has been created by the Prius and other electric based vechilces. The energy grid is the most efficient energy delivery system we have, so plug in electric vehicles are not just viable, they are the correct solution for the next decade and beyond. We have all heard that "Hydrogen is the future," and it always will be. Why replace one costly distributed fuel with another? Those who lobby for hydrogen are not interested in a new fuel technology, they are interested in controlling distribution. Hydrogen is not really even a fuel so much as an energy storage mechanism, manufactured at low efficiency. Hydrogen fuel cells are still a marginal technology, and add another layer of technical challenge to an all electric vehicle. internal combustion hydrogen power carries with it all of the inefficiencies of the ICE including waste during idling. Plug-in Hybrids are another intermediate step, but they should not be used to offset pure electric vehicles. Rather they should offset low power, high mileage, ICE vehicles of similar or worse performance. If we set a technological stake in the ground, the research funding will follow. There is no reason to twist the ZEV Mandate to accomodate makers of buggy whips. It is time for those who have vision to step forward with 21st Century transportation solutions, and for those who only see the ICE to be left behind. Please maintain an aggressive ZEV mandate for California. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-15 19:51:51 |
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