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Summary:
- Connecticut and Maine are delaying the adoption of California’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate.
- Advocacy groups believe the delay is due to misinformation spread by fossil fuel industry groups.
Quotes:
- On March 20, Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection voted 4-2 against adopting California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rules, which accompany the state’s planned ban on sales of new gasoline cars in 2035 and require more plug-in hybrids with higher electric range.
- Last November, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont pulled a bill proposing adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars II rules from legislative consideration because it was not expected to have the votes to pass. And neither state has considered California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rules for commercial vehicles.
- A 2021 Energy Department survey found that three of the five states with the most EVs did not have mandates for them.
Read the full post at Green Car Reports.
