Folks,
Prompted by a... well, prompt... from Ronald Kaltenbaugh, President of the Electric Vehicles Association of the greater Washington, DC area (EVADC), there is a bill coming up for consideration tomorrow -- TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 at 1:30 p.m. -- that addresses a funding gap during which EV owners who qualified for rebates or tax credits from Maryland couldn't get them because funding had run dry.
This gap affects ALL EV owners in Maryland, as well as Tesla owners, of course.
From Ronald's prompt:
I'm unable to attend the hearing tomorrow myself, so I'm going to send in a letter.
Please, if you can, take a moment today to write a letter of support and send it to Senator Manno at
Please speak for EV owners in general; some people in the legislative process get squirrelly when they think that they are supporting "rich Tesla owners", which drives me nuts because (1) so many Tesla owners are scrimping to get a 60 or a 70 or a 75, (2) Tesla is the only EV that can fully replace an ICE for a broad set of use cases that include long-distance as well as local travel and (3) Tesla owners have funded first Roadster, then S/X, then 3, then Semi which in turn has upended the established automotive order. But there it is.
If you CAN attend the hearing, please inform Senator Mano's office at the email address above.
Thanks,
Alan
Prompted by a... well, prompt... from Ronald Kaltenbaugh, President of the Electric Vehicles Association of the greater Washington, DC area (EVADC), there is a bill coming up for consideration tomorrow -- TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 at 1:30 p.m. -- that addresses a funding gap during which EV owners who qualified for rebates or tax credits from Maryland couldn't get them because funding had run dry.
This gap affects ALL EV owners in Maryland, as well as Tesla owners, of course.
From Ronald's prompt:
There are two ways to support the bill. One is to send written testimony in the form of a letter and the other is to testify in person.
I’ll be sending a letter on behalf of EVADC. Please send your letter as a citizen and don’t mention EVADC (the more the letters are different, from diverse sources, and not look just like copies the better).
- You can email your testimony to this email address ([email protected]) and they’ll get it to the committee for the hearing.
- The bill hearing is at 1:30pm, Tuesday, Jan. 30, in the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee located at 3 West Miller Senate Building, Annapolis, MD. If you can testify in person that would be great! If so, please send an email to the same address above by Monday afternoon and someone from Senator Mano’s office will get you signed up to testify.
I'm unable to attend the hearing tomorrow myself, so I'm going to send in a letter.
Please, if you can, take a moment today to write a letter of support and send it to Senator Manno at
Please speak for EV owners in general; some people in the legislative process get squirrelly when they think that they are supporting "rich Tesla owners", which drives me nuts because (1) so many Tesla owners are scrimping to get a 60 or a 70 or a 75, (2) Tesla is the only EV that can fully replace an ICE for a broad set of use cases that include long-distance as well as local travel and (3) Tesla owners have funded first Roadster, then S/X, then 3, then Semi which in turn has upended the established automotive order. But there it is.
If you CAN attend the hearing, please inform Senator Mano's office at the email address above.
Thanks,
Alan