one in five new vehicles was zero emission

one in five new vehicles was zero emission

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The Board of Atmospheric Resources government announced in August that the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars would be phased out by 2035establishing an aggressive calendar for its progressive withdrawal.

When they announced the measure in August, the Board noted that the enacted rules require that an increasing percentage of new cars do not produce tailpipe pollutantsuntil reaching its complete prohibition within 13 years.

“The deadline is ambitious but achievable: by the time a child born this year is ready to enter high school, only zero emission vehicles or a limited number of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) new ones will be for sale in California“, they stated in a statement, where they stressed that for 2037 this regulation would provide 25% in reducing pollution from vehicles.

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This Friday, the California Energy Commission said that he 18.8% of new cars sold in the state in 2022 they were electric, PHEV or fuel cell electric vehicles. California it includes all of these in its zero emissions category. Ten years ago, that number was 2%.

California continues to lead the zero emission vehicle revolution with pioneering policies and investments that drive innovationcreate good jobs and expand the access and the affordability (of zero emission vehicles) across the state,” said Governor Gavin Newsom.

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The data showed that Tesla followed dominating the electric vehicle market with close totwo-thirds of the 346,000 zero-emission vehicles sold in the year.

California concentrate already the most electric vehicles in the USwith 1.4 million of them circulating along the Californian roads, and near the 40% of all zero emission electric vehicle sales are made in this state.

Source: Ambito

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