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California car dealers are taking out ads against California’s signature electric vehicle mandate in what's likely the starting point for
negotiations over the future of the rule.
Why it matters: California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule requires 35% of
cars sold by each manufacturer to be electric starting in model year 2026, before eventually banning sales of gas and hybrid options in 2035. Car
dealers say those targets are out of reach — EVs accounted for 22% of the
new California car market last year — and are warning that companies will likely send fewer gas and hybrid models to the state to avoid financial penalties. Fewer models on dealership lots would mean higher prices for consumers.
What’s the angle? The California New Car Dealers Association says
California needs to pause the rule to give the state and the industry time
to negotiate a path forward on vehicle electrification that accounts for consumer demand and EV charging infrastructure challenges. Car
manufacturers overwhelmingly oppose the rule, although Stellantis, the
parent company of brands like Dodge and Jeep, reached a deal with the
state last year to follow the rule even if it goes away.
California’s response: CARB Chair Liane Randolph pushed back against the industry in a statement, calling the arguments a "false narrative" and a "misleading attempt to create an artificial crisis that undermines
California’s public health goals.” She said the rule gives car
manufacturers three years to make up EV sales deficits and that they can
use credits earned through previous sales of ZEV models to stay in
compliance.
Federal uncertainty: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced earlier this
month that the agency had sent Congress California’s waiver — approved
under President Joe Biden — which allows the state to enforce the program.
That move opened a 60-day window for lawmakers to revoke the waiver
through the Congressional Review Act. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
and Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.) are expected to introduce resolutions starting
the revocation process.
For more, read the full story in POLITICO's California Climate newsletter.
This story is published in partnership with POLITICO.
https://laist.com/brief/news/car-dealers-campaign-pause-california-ev-
mandate
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