CA: "Under the new rules, 35% of new cars [sold in California] must be zero emission by 2026, 68% by 2030, and 100% by 2035."
Full story: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-08-25/california-ban-gasoline- mandate-zero-emission-2035 or https://v.gd/5w0g9J WA: "Washington governor Jay Inslee says the state will phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by the year 2035 ... Under a 2020 state law, Washington is required to adopt California´s rules for zero-emission vehicles, the most stringent in the nation ... "In 2021, electric vehicles made up 12% of new car sales in California, 8% in Washington, and 4% nationwide. Neither state´s regulations affect cars and trucks already on the road, which are America´s biggest source of climate-harming pollution. ... "Seventeen U.S. states have agreed to adopt California's tailpipe emissions rules and 15 have backed its zero-emission vehicle requirements. A group of 17 other states has challenged the EPA's decision to restore California's authority to set emissions rules that was withdrawn under former president Donald Trump." Full story: https://kuow.org/stories/washington-to-phase-out-new-gasoline-powered-cars- by-2035 or https://v.gd/IsS3ks I haven't seen anything in these stories that says CA or WA will refuse to register new ICEVs bought outside the state and driven in. A clever dealer could also ship in "used" (driven a couple hundred miles) ICEVs first sold in other states. Too bad there's no stomach in DC for a nationwide ICEV ban like the EU's: https://www.mail-archive.com/ev@lists.evdl.org/msg34784.html David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history. -- Frank Herbert, "Dune" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/