California is urging the Biden administration to approve its plan to mandate all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB), which approved the plan in August, requested a green light from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 22 to waiver under the Clean Air Act to implement its new rules that set yearly rising zero-emission vehicle standards starting in 2026 and would end the sales of vehicles powered solely by gasoline by 2035.
