·        California Governor Newsom has signed an executive order that bans the sale of new gas-powered passenger cars in California starting in 2035.

·        The zero-emissions effort will allow for gas-powered vehicles to continue to be sold on the used market in the state.

·        California has led the nation in emissions rules since the '70s. Today’s order pushes that further.

California has long led the country in emissions standards and has had its own emissions standard since California was issued a waiver under the 1970 Clean Air Act. Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing that further today with an executive order that all new in-state sales of passenger vehicles must be zero-emission by 2035. In other words, only EVs will be available for purchase as new vehicles from 2035 forward in the state. Announced in a live feed, the order was signed on the hood of a Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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