California likes it Electric vehicles. More than 2.1 million battery -powered vehicles were driven around the state. Last fall, a quarter of the new car sold was electric. Legislators are working hard to ensure that future creativity is greater. In December last year, California obtained a special permission from the US government to formulate regulations, which requires car manufacturers to sell new vehicles with zero emissions in the state by 2035.
The permits in the form of federal "exemption" should far exceed the border of Galifa. Other seventeen states said they will follow California's leading advantages with stricter emission standards, of which 11 of them are gradually eliminated for 2035 gas vehicles. These states account for more than 40 % of the new light vehicle registration in the United States.
Maybe not. Last week, in the extensive administrative order against green energy policy, the Trump administration stated that it would try to "terminate" state emissions exemption, "this function limits the sales of gasoline power cars." At this point, the command has more documents than the legal news that has effective legal news, and places California's clean car target in the cross line of the Trump administration. Anyone who won this battle can decide not only the future of electric vehicles in the United States, but also the number of vehicles sold and manufactured nationwide.
The Trump administration has not officially proposed to revoke exemption, but California said it will not withdraw from stricter vehicle emission standards. "California will continue to defend its long -term rights and the obligation to protect their residents' health," LIANE RANDOLPH, chairman of California's discharge agency, wrote in a statement.
If all of this sounds familiar, it is because the country has experienced it before.
The exemption of California can be traced back to 1967. At that time, the legislators of Congress decided to formulate a special California exemption in national air regulations because the state had such difficult air pollution problems and because it was the pioneer of regulations, so it formulated its own vehicle to formulate its own vehicle. Power generation regulations to formulate more than ten years. Since then, California has applied for more than 100 exemptions.
In 2019, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that his government will revoke California's exemption to allow him to set its own car emission standards. He said the move will improve the safety of cars and create "employment opportunities." However, even if the first Trump administration withdraws from California's exemption, state legislators have reached an agreement for four global car manufacturers (Ford, Volkswagen, Honda and BMW) to retain some automotive emission standards.
Automotive manufacturers are willing to come to the dining table with California's dining table six years ago, because they are worried that a market must make two sets of vehicles. This is a cleaner fleet in the market in California and Itesar. Other parts of the country.
The California market is large enough, and even car manufacturers who are far away from the United States are paying attention to how this is swinging. The state's positive position on climate regulations will require automakers to lag electrification in order to catch up with the game. For example, Toyota believes that consumers have not prepared battery electrical power supply and follow a strategy that makes car manufacturers stir more hybrid and plug -in hybrid vehicles. Last year, a senior executive of Toyota Motors in North America stated that California's regulations were "impossible." However, retaining these rules will require Toyota to invest more on electric vehicles on the road.