{"id":1622155,"date":"2022-08-26T05:33:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1622155"},"modified":"2022-08-26T05:33:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:33:44","slug":"california-to-end-sales-of-gasoline-only-cars-by-2035","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-to-end-sales-of-gasoline-only-cars-by-2035\/","title":{"rendered":"California to end sales of gasoline-only cars by 2035"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-to-end-sales-of-gasoline-only-cars-by-2035%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1622155&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By David Shepardson<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013     California on Thursday moved to require all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, a landmark move that could speed the end of gasoline-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom first announced the plan to phase out vehicles that run only on gasoline by 2035 in September 2020. The California Air Resources Board voted on Thursday to approve the new rules, which set yearly rising zero- emission vehicle rules starting in 2026, but the Biden administration must still approve the new requirements before the plan can take effect. <\/p>\n<p>California has moved faster than the federal government and other states in setting strict standards for vehicle emissions. More than a dozen other states have adopted California\u2019s earlier zero-emission requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a historic moment for California, for our partner states and for the world as we set forth a path toward a zero emission future,\u201d said CARB Chair Liane Randolph.<\/p>\n<p>California officials said the rules by 2037 will cut by 25% smog-causing pollution from light-duty vehicles. The rules mandate that 35% of the new cars sold be plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), EVs or hydrogen fuel cell by 2026. That proportion will rise to 68% by 2030 and 100% by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>By 2030, there will be 2.9 million fewer new gas-powered vehicles sold, widening to 9.5 million fewer conventional vehicles by 2035, CARB said.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Douglas, a vice president at the Alliance for  Automotive Innovation, a trade association representing General Motors Co, Volkswagen AG, Toyota Motor Corp and other automakers, said on Thursday the CARB rules  \u201care the most sweeping and transformative regulations in the history of the automobile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Electric car maker Tesla Inc called for a faster route to all-electric sales, but the auto group said the regulations will be \u201cextremely challenging even in California and particularly in the early years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California is ahead of federal vehicle emissions rules, which currently extend only to 2026 and do not set yearly requirements for zero-emission models.            <\/p>\n<p>CARB\u2019s new regulation would allow automakers to sell up to 20% PHEVs by 2035. That may boost Toyota, which is investing heavily in plug-ins, and which agreed earlier this week to recognize California\u2019s authority to set vehicle rules.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla, which produces only electric vehicles, said in a July 26 filing to CARB that the board should require 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2030 and increase the stringency of the standard by \u201creducing the use of polluting PHEVs in annual compliance.\u201d It also sought changes on battery and charging cord requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla Senior Counsel Joseph Mendelson said on Thursday the CARB proposal \u201cis both achievable and paves the way for California to lead in electrifying the light duty sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CARB\u2019s proposal sets tough new requirements for plug-in hybrids, which currently must have at least 10 miles (16.1 km)all-electric range and will eventually need a minimum 50-mile all-electric range label to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>CARB projects that 183,000 out of about 2 million vehicles sold in California in 2035 will be plug-in hybrid.<\/p>\n<p>The American Fuel &#038; Petrochemical Manufacturers trade association on Thursday urged President Joe Biden and the Environmental Protection Agency to \u201creject California\u2019s request for a Clean Air Act waiver to proceed with this unlawful ban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group said federal approval \u201cwould hand over sweeping federal government authority to California regulators, effectively appointing Governor Newsom and CARB as car and truck czars for the entire United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House and EPA did not immediately comment. Biden has previously declined to back setting a firm date to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles. The EPA is currently working on the next round of U.S. emissions limits through at least 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen U.S. states have agreed to adopt California\u2019s tailpipe emissions rules and 15 have backed its zero-emission vehicle requirements. A group of 17 other states has challenged the EPA\u2019s decision to restore California\u2019s authority to set emissions rules that was withdrawn under former president Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington; Editing by Frances Kerry and Matthew Lewis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tesla-says-california-should-2\/california-is-expected-to-put-into-effect-a-plan-to\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI7O129-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI7O129-VIEWIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Shepardson (Reuters) \u2013 California on Thursday moved to require all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, a landmark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1622155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1622155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1622155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1622155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}