They will have to be electric or hydrogen-powered. Transportation causes greenhouse-gas emissions, which contribute to climate change. The new policy could cut California’s car emissions in half by 2040. The goal might not be easy to meet. The state has only 80,000 vehicle chargers. It ...
Major automakers are eager to ramp up production of electric vehicles. But they say meeting California’s target won’t be easy. The state has only 80,000 vehicle chargers, a fraction of what it will need. And supply-chain issues—such as getting materials to make batteries—will be a ch...
finalized regulations to adopt California's regulations on the gas-powered vehicle ban. This served asan amendment to Delaware's previously existing Low Emission Vehicle program, bringing it in line with the standards imposed by Section 177 of...
California has been given the green light by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars and light trucks by 2035. In 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a controversial plan, dubbed theAdvanced Clean Cars II Regulation...
A new electric vehicle charging station. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) "We should be making down payments on grid to ensure we can move forward on electrification," O'Malley said. As a more practical matter, consumers are just not buying electric vehicles. ...
For example, General Motors expects to have completed a full transition to electric vehicle sales by 2035. Some smaller automakers have announced even more ambitious timeframes. European Union lawmakers have approved a full ban on new gas-powered cars beginning in 2035, so it's hard to imagine ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted California its request to enforce vehicle emissions standards stricter than federal rules, including the state's ban on sales of new gasoline-powered cars.The EPA granted two waivers to the California Air Resources Board to allow full im...
Nissan Motor Co.’s new electric vehicle Ariya in Beijing in September, which the company plans to introduce in the Chinese market by the end of next year (Asahi Shimbun file photo) BEIJING--China announced it will shut out new sales of conventional gas-powered vehicles and allow only electr...
The first mandated threshold comes in 2026, when one-third of all vehicles sold in the state must be zero-emission. Automakers could be fined $20,000 per vehicle sold short of that goal. About 16% of cars sold in California in the first three months of this year were electric. ...
California Gov. Gavin Newson has pledged to fight Trump’s attempts to meddle with his state’s electric vehicle and climate pollution goals, setting the stage for a protracted legal battle. Getting Biden’s EPA to grant outstanding waivers before Trump takes power is part of that effort,as...