California's mandate to sell only zero-emissions vehicles by 2035 isn't as crazy as critics think
(CNN Business)Last week, California Governor Gavin Newson leaned over the hood of a Ford Mustang Mach-E and signed an executive order saying that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state must be emission-free by 2035.
The new mandate doesn't necessarily mean that California car dealers would, literally, sell nothing but fully electric or hydrogen-powered vehicles 15 years from now, several experts say.
That is the goal, though. And it's not entirely out of the question, said Nick Albanese, a researcher with Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
"I think California's target is ambitious, but feasible," he wrote in an email. "Even before this announcement, we forecast passenger EVs to account for 52% of total US passenger vehicle sales in 2035 and 61% in 2040."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/cars/california-2035-zev-mandate/index.html