Good afternoon gent l eme n and ladi es, and thank yo u f o r giv in g m e thi s o pp o rtunit y to s hare m y v ie ws o n 1 h e mall er of tru ck e mi ssio n s tand ards. I am proud to say l am n o t m e re l y an o bserve r o n th e s id e lin es. t ak in g n o tes . li ste nin g to th ose in i vory t ow c r s, h op in g to g l ea n a bit of wisdom to share. We arc talkin g trucks today, and h ow t o in c rea se th eir averag e fl eet MPG. Th e r e i s n o better way to do exactl y that , th an h ow so m e friends and l h ave bee n doing so: fo r nearly t wo yea rs I have been dri v in g a fully e l ec tri c Chevy pickup truck EV co n vers i o n th a t produces ze ro e mi ss i o n s, is re liabl e, sati sfyi ng, and fully ca pabl e of se r v in g as an exa mple of h ow tru c k makers ca n m ake sig nificant ga in s in th e average tru c k MPG yo u see k. And it' s n o t ju st m e ... d oze n s of o th e r s in thi s area n o 1 co nt e nt to be driving o n fuel h ave done likew i se : man y of my fri e nd s have been doing so f o r years n ow. WITHOUT REGRET. M y tru c k o nl y has a r an ge o f perhaps I 00 miles o r so before nee din g rec harge. So m e drivers cove r m o re g r o und in a day than I d o. but th e r e ar e many th ousa nd s o f drivers here in thi s and every o th e r l arge c ity. w h o cou ld red uce their fuel co ns umpti o n if th ey o nl y had the o pti o n o f dri vi n g a ve hicl e s imilar to m y " ELEQT RK "
... th ey co uld save s i g nifi ca m ex penses as we ll , but s uc h e l ec tri c and h y brid tru cks have to be avai l ab l e for th em to buy
... my "E LEQTRK " i s a o ne-o f -a-k ind convers i o n. so auto manufacturers -- Chevy, Ford. P e terbi lt
. Mack. whoever -- need t o h e willing to make th at effort. to provide haul ers and m overs f or local u sc. Strong sta nd ard s that improve effi c i e ncy by 40 % by 2025 wi ll be j u s t th e impetus th ey n eed to ge t ser i o u s a bout making m o re effic i e nt tru cks available to all. Vehicle emissio ns and national sec urity would see m to be ! (>Ia ll y independent matters, bu t th ey ar e n o t. Ev ery tim e we buy a tank of gas. we are potentially fundin g terrorists and d espo ti c regimes. lL is a crue l fact th at we have been add i c ted t o the o il o f some very bad p eop l e, and th ey have bee n a ddi c ted to o ur m o ney. W e desperately need to break these addictions. and it i s best addressed by ge ttin g se ri ous abou t driving withe l ectr i c ity rather than fu el-b urnin g e n g in es. I have see n so m an y exc itin g sig n s that we h ave r eac h ed a tippin g point in EV acce ptan ce, o r soo n will.
.. all we n eed to do i s to n o t stand in th e way o f progess, and to nudge it forward in every way we might, in c ludi ng electri c and hybrid trucks. I h ave a. h yb rid I r are l y drive an y m o r e. and ano th er ve ry pop ul ar littl e car that yo u ca n , sec h ere [show. pi a cards ]
... I f I had found EVs t o be imprac ti ca l o r pro bl e mati cal , I would ha ve stoppe d after my first EV conv ers i o n that 

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... yo u will lind very hi gh sati sfac ti on among ow n ers and drivers. and nea rl y all my fri e nd s and neighbors are bitten wit h the bug to dr i ve e l ec t r i c, including th ose who presently drive tru cks cos tin g th e m dearly at the f uel pump. and w h o reali ze th e nati o n al secu rit y aspect. That is w h y th ey ca ll me. "E i ectr i c Bill ", and 

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Adomani , a com pan y in the nearby city o f Orange, California, i s o ne of severa l that h ave quietly been co nv ert in g tru c k s and buses t o run e ith e r e l ectri ca ll y, o r as hybrid s. Another i s B alq on, in H arb o r City. w h o are busy qui etin g our h arb ors with th ei r EV co n ve rs i o n s o f trucks. c ran es and o th e r equipm e lll w hi c h t ype a ll y has operated on ex treme l y dirty diesel eng in es. A third is Left Coast Electric, who ha s co n ve rt ed a wide va riety o f tru c k s and other veh i cles to electric. Th ese compa ni es yo u n ee d to be co ns ultin g at thi s point , as the ya re already quietly prov idin g won d erful , powerf ul EVs t o th ose suc h as m yse lf. i am so gratef ul to th e m t o b e ab l e to drive g uilt-free. I urge yo u 10 finalize the s tro n ges t stand ard s possible, n ot ju s t for th e sake o f u si n g less oi l. but for ou r m os t precious national sec urity. Thank yo u s in cere l y .