California’s 2035 ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars is also set to apply in Virginia, according to a 2021 law that aligned the state’s emissions standards with California’s as part of a clean-energy push.
That's less than 0.5% of the 8.4 million vehicles with Virginia tags.And it remains to be seen whether the General Assembly will continue to think binding the state’s emissions standards to California’s is a good idea.“I am already at work to prevent this ridiculous edict from being forced on Virginians,” Gov. Glenn YoungkinIt’s hard to imagine Republicans in the House won’t push hard to reverse course when lawmakers return to town in January.
And it’s easy to imagine at least one or two of the more moderate Democrats in the Senate siding with them.
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