California is facing challenges in improving air quality due to federal restrictions on emission standards and the elimination of tax credits for electric vehicles. The state is limited to voluntary agreements with industries and consumer subsidies. Key regulations that intended to phase out gas-powered vehicles and diesel trucks have been revoked. The public, industry, and even some Democrats show growing concern over the economic impact of stricter air quality rules. California remains committed to promoting electric vehicles amid these challenges.
This president, this Congress, will not kill the electric car. They won't kill the electric truck, and they certainly won't kill the California spirit.
California may be left mainly with voluntary agreements with the auto, trucking and rail industries, and subsidies to entice consumers into buying electric vehicles.
Congress last month revoked the state's authority to implement three landmark rules that ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035 and phase out diesel trucks.
Those seven mandates, now unenforceable, were key to cleaning up the pollutants that leave about 34 million Californians regularly breathing unhealthy air.
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