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The Biden administration will allow California to ban new gas-powered car sales by 2035, with 11 other states following. This uses a Clean Air Act waiver permitting stricter state-level pollution controls to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Trump plans to revoke the waiver, roll back EV tax credits, and fight California’s climate policies, potentially sparking legal battles.

California, leading the U.S. in EV adoption, aims to "Trump-proof" its agenda, bolstered by automaker deals and strong market influence.

The ban could accelerate EV investments, shaping nearly half of the U.S. auto market and global climate policy trends.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So the state can ban the sale? Ban the usage? What exactly can they ban?

[–] Cocodapuf 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They can ban the sale. They can also refuse to register the car, so no license plate. You'd get in a fair amount of trouble if caught driving an unregistered vehicle.

[–] dejected_warp_core 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They can also refuse to register the car,

Virginia has a model for this that can be a tad regressive; not sure about CA. On the one hand, there's regular safety and emissions tests that must be passed or you cannot (re)register your car for the coming year or two. This more or less keeps deathtraps and oil-burning-smog-machines off the road. On the other hand, it has absolutely crippled plenty of households just scraping by where that old car is needed to just break even every month. Depending on where one stands on car-dependent culture and if owning/operating a vehicle is a necessity, it can be quite the contentious issue.

Point being, I can easily see how a higher bar for registration, and re-registration, can change the makeup of what's on the road. I can also see how that can suddenly prevent a whole chunk of the population from participating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Virginia is one of the worst states to motorists in the entire Union, if not the worst.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They can restrict the sale and the registration (license plate/tabs) of new gas cars within the state. Someone can still go to another state to buy one, but they can’t get a CA plate for it. And that’s on top of trying to figure it how to get insurance coverage for it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

They're talking about new vehicles only. Used gas cars will still be available for purchase.