California Is Rethinking That 2035 Ban On Gas Cars

"California has been talking about its inevitable ban on new gas cars for years. The target date, 2035, might have seemed far away when Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced the idea officially in 2020, but a lot of expectations around electric vehicles have shifted in the last five years. Now, California is considering whether or not 2035 is a realistic goaland what it can realistically do in the light of a very different automotive landscape."

"The California Air Resources Board (CARB), now blocked by the federal government from enforcing its far-reaching emissions rules, has begun rethinking some of them. Its target goal to eliminate the sales of new gas cars by 2035 has been a long-standing push by the state government, but now it's becoming a "very active area of discussion." The federal waiver given to California under the Clean Air Act allowed the state to set its own emission standards."

"Axios gives a briefing on what's up in the air nowbesides pollution: California's strict emission rules, blocked by the Trump administration in June, had been a template for other states that share its ambitious climate goals. But as they now look to replace those rules, state regulators are signaling that requiring all new cars to be electric by 2035 might not be practical anymore. Affordability concerns, vanishing tax incentives and insufficient EV charging infrastructure make it unlikely that automakers can achieve escalating EV sales targets."

California's plan to ban sales of new gasoline cars by 2035 is under active reconsideration after federal action blocked the California Air Resources Board from enforcing its emissions rules. A Clean Air Act waiver once allowed California to set stricter standards that more than a dozen states adopted. State regulators now question whether a 2035 all-electric sales requirement is practical given affordability challenges, fading tax incentives, and limited EV charging infrastructure. Automakers face difficulty hitting escalating EV sales targets. States that followed California's template must now determine how to replace the blocked emission standards.

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