The state of California asked the Environmental Protection Agency this week to approve its plan requiring all new vehicles sold in the state to be electric or plug-in electric hybrids by 2035. The plan, previously approved by the California Air Resources Board, is pending approval of a waiver under the Clean Air Act.
In response to California's request, Tim Carroll, a spokesperson for the EPA said, "As with all waiver requests from California, we’ll follow an open public process in considering it, as the agency routinely does." To date, the Biden administration has refused to endorse setting a timeline for phasing out gasoline-only vehicles.
