California's clean-air regulators introduced a plan this week that would ramp up the sale of electric and zero-emission vehicles while phasing out the sale of new gasoline-fueled vehicles by 2035.
California's clean-air regulators introduced a plan this week that would ramp up the sale of electric and zero-emissions vehicles while phasing out the sale of new gasoline-fueled vehicles by 2035.
The proposal, if enacted by the California Air Resources Board, would require 35% of new passenger vehicle sales to be powered by batteries or hydrogen by 2026, and 100% of sales to be net-zero emissions less than a decade later. Shifting the transportation sector to cleaner energy is a key component of the state's plan to combat climate change, as cars, trucks and other vehicles represent roughly 40% of its pollution.this week that would ramp up the sale of electric and zero-emissions vehicles while phasing out the sale of new gasoline-fueled vehicles by 2035, in an aggressive effort to combat the state's greenhouse gas pollution.
The proposal, if enacted by the California Air Resources Board, would require 35% of new passenger vehicle sales to be powered by batteries or hydrogen by 2026, and 100% of sales to be net-zero emissions less than a decade later. The proposal also calls for zero-emissions sales to account for 68% of total sales by 2030.
Shifting the transportation sector to cleaner energy is a key component of the state's plan to combat climate change, as cars, trucks, and other vehicles represent roughly 40% of the its pollution.
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