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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">March 11, 2008 12:31:57 PM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: EAA Special Notification</b></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Dear<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; ">Andrea</span></font><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span>Dorey</span>,</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span>On March 27th, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is scheduled to vote on a change to their Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) program that could delay production EVs another decade.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The Electric Auto Association urges you to take action to make California aware that you want production EVs back on the roads.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We have set up a website to help.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The ZEV goals were once 2% in 1998, 3% in 2001, and 10% in 2003, but later the program was put off a decade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span><b>Now as the end of that decade draws near, CARB staff proposes to delay another decade.</b><span><b> </b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span></span><b>Staff calls for 840 vehicles per year (0.04%) in 2012 through 2014.</b><span><b> </b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span></span><b>The old 1998 target is fifty times what is now being proposed for 16 years later.</b><span><b> </b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span></span><b>In 2015 CARB proposes only 0.4%.</b><span><b> </b></span><b>The 2012 goals do not even approach the number of vehicles previously shown to be possible.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span>The EAA does not normally use email except for membership reminders.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Because of urgent upcoming decision that may affect EVs to years to come, we are sending this email to ask that you join a low-traffic mailing list that the EAA will use to alert you to developments where your emails, letters, faxes, phone calls, etc. could make a big difference.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Participation is optional, but please do consider joining and help us advocate for EVs in important battles, such the one that <b>will be decided on 3/27</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span>For further information about what you can do to let California know you want a meaningful ZEV program, please visit:<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.eaaev.org/action/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; ">http://www.eaaev.org/action/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span>This page also has details on how to join our EV-advocacy mailing list to get future notices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font face="Cambria"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Consolas; "><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span>Ron Freund<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="2" face="Cambria"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><br><p><font size="2">No virus found in this outgoing message.<br>Checked by AVG.<br>Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1322 - Release Date: 3/9/2008 12:17 PM<br></font></p><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>