[Source: CNN] California air regulators are expected Thursday to issue stringent rules to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035 and set interim targets to phase the cars out. The California Air Resources Board will vote on the measure Thursday afternoon, board member Daniel Sperling told CNN. Sperling added he was “99.9%” confident the measure would pass. Read More…
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State’s progress on zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) goals: Q2 2022 results
[Source: California Center for Jobs and the Economy] In the latest report from California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA), total new light-duty vehicle registrations in the second quarter of 2022 were largely unchanged from the first quarter, but were off 17.5% from the same period in 2021, and down roughly the same compared to the Read More…
Scientists unveil method to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’
[Source: The Hill] Scientists at Northwestern University say they have devised a method for breaking apart some of the infamously unbreakable toxins known as “forever chemicals.” These chemicals, called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), earned the “forever” qualifier due to their propensity to linger in the human body and the environment. There are thousands of Read More…
The major problem plaguing electric vehicle owners
[Source: Tell Me Best, LLC] It’s coming. Well, we’ve been warned it’s coming. As part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda by 2030, 50% of the cars being sold will be fully electric vehicles with the ultimate plan to be fully carbon-neutral by 2050. If you ask electric vehicle owners of today, we have Read More…
Can Californians afford electric cars? Wait lists for rebates are long and some programs have shut down
[Source: Source: CalMATTERS] When Tulare resident Quentin Nelms heard California was offering a hefty state subsidy to help lower-income residents buy electric cars, he applied right away. But it wasn’t as easy as he thought it would be. Nelms spent four months on a waitlist before he was accepted into one of the state’s clean-car Read More…
Going electric: California car mandate would hit mechanics hard
[Source: CalMATTERS] The pungent odor of motor oil and grease wafts through the air at JR Automotive in San Francisco as Jesus Rojas lifts the hood of a 2014 Honda Civic to inspect its engine. Gasoline-powered vehicles like this one have hundreds of moving parts and other components that keep mechanics like Rojas busy. Rojas, Read More…
Southland air regulators threaten to sue EPA over smog
[Source: USA News] With smoky Southern California set to miss a critical clean air goal next year, local regulators are now threatening to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the federal government has made their “impossible” work. The South Coast Air Quality Management District recently advised EPA Administrator Michael Regan that it intends to sue Read More…
For California businesses to thrive, lawmakers must end ‘tort tax’
[Source: Times of San Diego] Right now, California is a bad place for business. And it’s a bad place to be a consumer, too. We’ve all seen the headlines about inflation, soaring gas prices, supply chain bottlenecks, and the persistent labor shortage. But would you believe it if I told you that our state’s legal Read More…
Clean-car rules: California unveils proposed measure to ban new gasoline-fueled cars
[Source: CalMATTERS] California’s clean-air regulators on Tuesday unveiled a far-reaching proposal requiring a ramp-up in sales of zero-emission cars, culminating in a ban on new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. The rules to force Californians to end their dependence on conventional cars are a critical component to California’s goals to tackle climate change and poor air Read More…