Good afternoon gentlemen and ladies, and thank you for giving me this opportunity to share my views on 1 

he maller of truck emission standards. 

I am proud to say l am not merely an observer on the sidelines. taking notes. listening to those in ivory tow 

crs, hoping to glean a bit of wisdom to share. We arc talking trucks today, and how to increase their averag 

e fleet MPG. There is no better way to do exactly that, than how some friends and l have been doing so: fo 

r nearly two years I have been driving a fully electric Chevy pickup truck EV conversion that produces zero 

emissions, is reliable, satisfying, and fully capable of serving as an example of how truck makers can make 

significant gains in the average truck MPG you seek. And it's not just me ... dozens of others in this area no 

1 content to be driving on fuel have done likewise: many of my friends have been doing so for years now. 

WITHOUT REGRET. 

M y truck only has a range of perhaps I 00 miles or so before needing recharge. Some drivers cover more gr 

ound in a day than I do. but there are many thousands of drivers here in this and every other large city. who 

could reduce their fuel consumption if they only had the option of driving a vehicle similar to my "ELEQT 

RK" ... they could save significam expenses as well, but such electric and hybrid trucks have to be available 

for them to buy ... my "ELEQTRK" is a one-of-a-kind conversion. so auto manufacturers -- Chevy, Ford. Pe 

terbilt. Mack. whoever-- need to he willing to make that effort. to provide haulers and movers for local usc. 

Strong standards that improve efficiency by 40% by 2025 will be j ust the impetus they need to get serious a 

bout making more efficient trucks available to all. 

Vehicle emissions and national security would seem to be !(>Ially independent matters, but they are not. Ev 

ery time we buy a tank of gas. we are potentially funding terrorists and despotic regimes. lL is a cruel fact th 

at we have been addicted to the oil of some very bad people, and they have been addicted to our money. W 

e desperately need to break these addictions. and it is best addressed by getting serious about driving withe 

lectricity rather than fuel-burning engines. 

I have seen so many exciting signs that we have reached a tipping point in EV acceptance, or soon will. .. all 

we need to do is to not stand in the way of progess, and to nudge it forward in every way we might, includi 

ng electric and hybrid trucks. 

I have a. hybrid I rarely drive any more. and another very popular little car that you can, sec here [show. pia 

cards] ... I f I had found EVs to be impractical or problematical, I would have stopped after my first EV conv 

ersion that J did before Teslas and Leafs were available. Poll those that have EVs ... you will lind very high 

satisfaction among owners and drivers. and nearly all my friends and neighbors are bitten with the bug to dr 

ive electric, including those who presently drive trucks costing them dearly at the fuel pump. and who reali 

ze the national security aspect. That is why they call me."Eiectric Bill", and 1. am wholly proud of that fact 

Adomani, a company in the nearby city of Orange, California, is one of several that have quietly been conv 

erting trucks and buses to run either electrically, or as hybrids. Another is Balqon, in Harbor City. who are 

busy quieting our harbors with their EV conversions of trucks. cranes and other equipmelll which type ally 

has operated on extremely dirty diesel engines. A third is Left Coast Electric, who has converted a wide va 

riety of trucks and other vehicles to electric. These companies you need to be consulting at this point, as the 

yare already quietly providing wonderful , powerful EVs to those such as myself. i am so grateful to them t 

o be able to drive guilt-free. I urge you 10 finalize the strongest standards possible, not just for the sake of u 

sing less oi l. but for our most precious national security. 

Thank you sincerely.