The release kicks off a months-long state review process and the plan requires approval from the U.S.EnvironmentalProtection Agency. The state is unlikely to face resistance from a Democratic White House. The Biden administration recently restored California's power to set its own vehicle emissions...
it should get easier to own an electric vehicle in california. and that makes it easier for california to ban gasoline for good. tomorrow baby steps today are necessary, but they don't get you out of the long-term work a gas ban requires. china is on the right track. last week, the...
In 2017, another California utility—Pacific Gas & Electric—partnered with BMW on a V2G study. It showed that carswere able to aidthe grid during peak usage. V2G requires electric cars to be capable of bidirectional charging. The first privately-available device for this will likely...
The Diamond plaintiffs rely on the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling in West Virginia v. EPA. That decision invoked the "major questions" doctrine, which requires explicit congressional authorization before regulators can take consequential actions on issues of vast economic, ...
California requires LGBTQ+-inclusive curricula in schools and the Democrat-controlled state Legislature just passed a law barring school officials from informing parents of kids who identify as transgender at school if the kids don’t want that information shared. The platform sa...
the order requires state agencies, in partnership with the private sector, to accelerate deployment of affordable fueling and charging options. It also requires support of new and used zero-emission vehicle markets to provide broad accessibility to zero-emission vehicles for all Californians. The execu...
The waivers address California programs including the 2018 heavy-duty warranty amendments and the advanced clean trucks regulation that requires manufacturers to produce and sell increasing quantities of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles and near-zero-emission vehicles. ...
Driving an electric vehicle long distances today, even in California, requires careful planning about where to stop and charge, said Mary Nichols, former chair of the California Air Resources Board. "This is going to be a transformative process and the mandate for vehicle sales is only one piec...
California now requires manufacturers to sell a gradually increasing proportion of electric trucks, vans and pickup trucks from 2024 onwards until 2035. By the year 2045, every new commercial vehicle sold in the US state should have zero-emission propulsion. ...
LOS ANGELES, May 9 (Xinhua) -- California's primary energy policy and planning agency unanimously approved a building rule Wednesday that requires solar systems be installed in all new homes, making it the first U.S. state to issue such a rule. ...