BREAKING: California to begin plan for its sweeping BAN on new gasoline car sales TOMORROW in bid to reach 100 percent zero emissions by 2035
- California will start its ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles Thursday, which was first announced in 2020
- The goal is to stop the sale of all new gasoline vehicles by 2035
- This, according to officials, aims to reduce smog and combat climate change
- Thursday’s launch will require that 35 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the state by 2026 produce zero emissions
- Then 68 percent by 2030 and ultimately 100 percent five years after.
California is set to roll out its long-awaited ban on new gasoline cars on Thursday, which is part of its rule to have all new cars sold by 2035 to be electric only in an effort to fight climate change.
Governor Gavin Newsom first announced the ban in 2020 as a means to reduce the amount of smog-induced pollution in the air, which will improve the state’s air quality that is the worst in the US.
The move will also make California the first in the world to mandate zero-emission vehicles on its roads – but many other states and countries have joined the movement, but have not yet began the ban.
Thursday’s launch will require that 35 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the state by 2026 produce zero emissions, then 68 percent by 2030 and ultimately 100 percent five years after.
However, California automakers are weary about the move, saying officials need to provide more infrastructure and a better understanding of how minerals needed to make lithium batteries will be mined.
‘The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps needed to stem the tide of carbon pollution,’ Newsom said in a statement Wednesday.
The move, according to Newson, will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent in the nation’s most populous state.
The move does not ban the public from owning gas-powered cars or selling them on the used car market, but puts an end to new models being sold.
California already has rules mandating a certain percentage of new car sales must be electric or zero-emission vehicles, but the new ban means all must be zero-missions by 2035.