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qualify for increased incentives if located
within a California disadvantaged community
census tract,” says the Air Resources
Board website.
Under the law pushing motorists to switch
to all-electric cars and SUVs, California will
require that about 8 percent of the new cars
sold by automakers be battery-powered. In
a blog posted on the Union of Concerned
Scientists website, a clean vehicle engineer
wrote two years ago that automakers have
proven they can meet the state’s EV goals.
David Reichmuth in his blog, “What Will
It Take for Automakers to Meet California’s
EV Requirements?” said sales were already
trending toward more zero-emissions cars
-- even four years ago. While Gov. Brown’s
goal of 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2025
was a stretch back then, the engineer wrote
that it wasn’t out of reach for the carmakers.
The silver lining in the sales numbers of
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all-electric vehicles was they had grown in
back-to-back years. “EV sales in California
increased 18 percent from 2015 and 3.5 percent
of all new cars in the state were plug-in
electric, up from 3.1 percent last year,” he
wrote. “But the story is more impressive
when you consider several major automakers
were absent from the market in 2016. If we
exclude the two major automakers without
a plug-in EV in 2016 [Honda and Toyota],
EV sales would have exceeded 5 percent of
new car sales in California.”
To learn more about the South Bay initiative
and read the EV study results, go to
southbaycities.org/programs/electric-vehicles/
sbccog-ev-initiatives. Information about the
federal tax credit and how to claim it is
at www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/taxevb.shtml.
The state’s clean-vehicle rebate program
is explained at cleanvehiclerebate.org/eng/
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Community Update Meetings - April 8 and 10, 2019
Please join us for Community Update
Meetings to learn more about the
project. Discussion items will include
an update on the alternatives under
consideration, possible design
features, the trac and revenue
study, and the concept of operations.
Meeting Details
Monday, April 8, 2019, 6-8pm
Rancho Los Amigos National
Rehabilitation Outpatient Building
7601 E Imperial Hwy
Downey, CA 90242
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> (Accesssible oΠOld River Rd/Leeds St)
> Intérprete en español
Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 6-8pm
Hawthorne Memorial Center
3901 W El Segundo Bl
Hawthorne, CA 90250
> Intérprete en español
For those unable to attend the
meetings, a video recording of the
formal presentation will be made
available on the project website at
the conclusion of the meeting series.
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213.922.6565
105ExpressLanes@metro.net
metro.net/105ExpressLanes
All Metro meetings are held in
ADA accessible facilities and
are accessible by transit.
ADA accommodations and
translations are available by
calling 323.466.3876 or California
Relay Service at 711 at least
72 hours in advance.
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