Newsom Capitulates, Withdraws Bid to Regulate Electric Vehicles Sales, Phaseout Gas-Powered Ones

Newsom Capitulates, Withdraws Bid to Regulate Electric Vehicles Sales, Phaseout Gas-Powered Ones

On December 18, the Environmental Protection Agency greenlit a major piece of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s progressive fever dream.  The Biden administration today approved California’s groundbreaking mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars just weeks before the incoming Trump administration poses a threat of overturning electric vehicle and climate rules. The granting of the waiver by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows California to move forward in requiring 35% of...
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Gavin Newsom Prepared to Challenge Trump on Electric Vehicle Tax Credits

Gavin Newsom Prepared to Challenge Trump on Electric Vehicle Tax Credits

Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom of California on Monday said his state could offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle (EV) purchases should President-elect Donald Trump and the upcoming administration eliminate the federal EV tax credit. What Is Newsom Proposing? Newsom’s proposal seeks to reimagine the state’s previously successful Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, which concluded in 2023 after facilitating the purchase of nearly 600,000 EVs and saving over 450 million gallons of f...
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