Is California Jump-Starting the Electric Vehicle Revolution?

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🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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As California watches the impact of rising temperatures devastate its environment with brutal heat waves and raging fires, the state is taking increasingly far-reaching steps to combat climate change. One of those measures — banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 — could prove a turning point for the transition to electric vehicles. Guest: Neal E. Boudette, an automotive correspondent for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kitchrow-F. This is the Daily.
0:07.0	In the midst of a brutal heat wave and devastating fires, California is taking increasingly dramatic
0:20.0	steps to come back climate change.
0:22.5	State regulators voting unanimously late today to put the internal combustion engine on the
0:27.4	extinction list.
0:29.4	California State regulators agreed to ban the sale of any new powered gasoline cars
0:33.9	by 2035.
0:34.9	Today, my colleague Neil Bo-Det talks about one of those measures.
0:39.9	California is the first state to take action like this, and it could prove to be a watershed
0:44.6	moment for the electric vehicle movement.
0:46.6	A rule that may bring about the end of gas-powered cars for everyone.
1:00.3	It's Thursday, September 8th.
1:06.3	Neil, so California in recent weeks has passed a bunch of measures to tackle climate change,
1:12.6	and we want to zero in on one of those.
1:15.1	We've covered the auto industry for decades, and this new rule about cars feels like a pretty
1:21.0	major shift by the state of California.
1:25.4	Tell me exactly what the state just did.
1:28.8	The state announced that in 2035, they will no longer allow the sale of new gasoline-powered
1:36.7	cars.
1:37.7	So after that, you'll have to buy either battery electric vehicles or if they're around
1:44.0	hydrogen-powered vehicles or something that has zero emissions.
1:48.5	But after 2035, you won't be able to buy your regular gasoline-powered car or diesel truck.
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