California regulator: stopping the sale of fuel cars in 2035 is the "best time"
According to news in the morning of September 21, Beijing time, the head of California's clean air regulator said on Tuesday local time that the state chose 2035 as the deadline to stop the sale of new pure gasoline cars. This is the "best time". The move will significantly reduce emissions and is feasible for the auto industry.
"We have to recognize where the carmakers are, where the supply chain is and where the production facilities are," Liane Randolph, chairman of the California Air Resources Council (CARB), said during the climate week. I think we have found the "best time". "
In August, CARB said that after California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a 2020 executive order requiring the state to stop selling new fuel cars in 2035, and requiring all new cars sold in California to be pure electric or plug-in hybrids. The rules will reduce smoke pollution from light vehicles by 25 per cent in 2037 and reduce sales of conventional fuel vehicles by 9.5 million by 2035, CARB said. Carmakers can sell no more than 20 per cent of their models as PHEV in 2035.
California is not as aggressive as some environmental groups or Tesla, who have urged an end to the use of new gasoline-powered cars by 2030.
Us President Joe Biden called for 50 per cent of all new car sales to be electric or plug-in hybrids by 2030, but he did not agree to set an elimination date for the sale of conventional fuel cars.
Some states that previously adopted California's zero-emission vehicle rules have not yet signed a tougher 2035 phase-out date. A spokesman for the Colorado Environmental Agency said: "Colorado is certainly not California. Colorado has our own plans."
"some states are now ready to accept the 2035 target, while others will become more adaptable with the introduction of environmentally friendly models," Randolph said. "
She revealed that regulators are working on other traffic emission reduction efforts for medium and heavy trucks. She added that the state was "working very hard to use the Valley of the Kings as a potential source of lithium for electric vehicles."
