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California plan: 80% EVs by 2035, 50-mile plug-in hybrids, tighter tailpipe emissions

Last September, an executive order from California governor Gavin Newsom said that the state will plot a course to “end sales of internal combustion passenger vehicles by 2035.”

The Trump administration had already removed California’s emissions authority, been dismissive of electric vehicles, and replaced the existing emissions and fuel economy framework with a lax ruleset, and so the 2035 target sounded even to many in the electric vehicle sector like a thought-provoking soundbyte but a policy long shot.

Eight months later, the future looks very different. On Thursday California revealed the formative stages of its Advanced Clean Cars II program, and mapped out next-generation standards for the state—potentially also leading the direction for federal standards for a generation....
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Tideland Prius May 8, 2021 Read More Replies: 15

California APPROVES Aftermarket Catalytic Converters!

So the CARB (California Air Resources Board) has FINALLY followed its own guidelines and approved some aftermarket cats for sale/installation inside California! Just happened in April

Executive Order D-193-151 covers the exemptions:
Executive Order

Here is the CARB database search page:
Aftermarket Catalytic Converter Database

Here’s a screen shot of models approved for my 2006 Prius: View attachment 209760

fullylaced1 May 3, 2021 Read More Replies: 130

1 in 5 Californians have swapped their EV for a gas car — and this is to blame

This article from Tom's Guide pretty much echoes my reasons for waiting to get a BEV. I'd like one, but the system isn't ready for what I would need when I make treks way off the beaten path. Hence the PHEV gives me the best of both worlds.

jerrymildred May 5, 2021 Read More Replies: 136

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