California Leads The EV Revolution — Part Deux
, after that state announced a ban on the sale of diesel- and gasoline-powered passenger vehicles starting in 2035. Some readers took exception to that title, claiming it was “clickbait.” Well, here’s a few headlines from around the country just a few days after that story was published:Following California’s lead, Oregon exploring ban on gas-powered vehiclesStill think California is not leading the EV revolution? Think again. Yeah, I know.
Being “CARB compliant” means when California updates its rules and policies, they also automatically apply to those other states and DC. So now, because of California, a total of 14 states and DC will soon have a ban on the sale of ICE vehicles by 2035. If that isn’t leadership, I don’t know what is.Washington already had a policy in place that envisions only battery-electric new cars being sold within the state by 2030, but that is more of a hope than a requirement.
“Part of the logic of buying into CARB in Virginia last year when all this was done was it was the only way we were going to get an appropriate number of EVs in Virginia. To some degree, it’s a self-curing problem. The question is when does it self-cure by.”Under the federal Clean Air Act, states are forbidden from establishing their own vehicle emissions standards, but the law allows the states to choose to adopt the stricter rules set by California if they wish.