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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 01:12 PM Dec 2020

California has banned the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. Can it get there?

State officials are confident the mandate will work but questions remain about ‘what arguably is the most important transportation policy decision of our lifetime’

In the fall, Gov. Gavin Newsom made headlines by announcing California will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. How will the state get there and, more to the point, can it get there?

Officials at the California Air Resources Board — the agency tasked with making Newsom’s goal a regulatory reality — say the target will be achieved within the allotted 15 years. Some auto analysts and dealers have questions, though.

“California does lead the way in EVs (electric vehicles), so it’s not inconceivable,” said Ivan Drury, who studies trends in the automotive industry as a senior manager for Edmunds. “We’re just not there yet. Maybe by 2035, things will be different.”

But Steven Cliff, deputy executive director at the Air Resources Board, known as CARB for short, has no doubts.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2020-12-11/california-has-banned-the-sale-of-new-gasoline-powered-vehicles-by-2035-can-it-get-there
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California has banned the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. Can it get there? (Original Post) Zorro Dec 2020 OP
This may spur the sale of more diesel vehicles. CaptainTruth Dec 2020 #1
Cutting emissions would be a better fix. Electric vehicles cause pollution as well, and some are no Thekaspervote Dec 2020 #2
A lot can happen in 15 yrs. Arne Dec 2020 #3
Yes,Germany has the same mandate. Wellstone ruled Dec 2020 #4

CaptainTruth

(6,546 posts)
1. This may spur the sale of more diesel vehicles.
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 01:29 PM
Dec 2020

It also makes me wonder how they will define a "vehicle."

For example, if you ride your lawn mower down the sidewalk while drunk you can be arrested for DUI because it's considered a "vehicle."

Thekaspervote

(32,605 posts)
2. Cutting emissions would be a better fix. Electric vehicles cause pollution as well, and some are no
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 01:34 PM
Dec 2020

Better than gas powered engines

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Yes,Germany has the same mandate.
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 01:50 PM
Dec 2020

Auto Technology comes from these two locations. Honda has the Hydrogen process ready to go in scale. Toyota and Panasonic are ready to scale up. Ford just announced their new type of Battery that is reliable in all climates which is the major stumbling block for EV's.

All Doable.

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