The California Committee approved the plan to use electric vehicles and phase out gasoline-powered vehicles in 2035.
On Thursday, California began to end the era of gasoline-powered vehicles, and air regulators adopted the most stringent rules in the world for the transition to zero-emission vehicles.
The California Air Resources Board plans that by 2035, all new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs will be powered by electricity or hydrogen, which may reshape the American auto market. California is the most populous state in the United States, accounting for 10% of the sales in the American automobile market.
However, in order to completely change people's driving style, it is necessary to increase car chargers by at least 15 times in the whole state, a stronger energy grid, and cars that people of all income levels can afford.
Daniel, member of the board of directors of the University of California, Davis and founding director of the Transportation Research Institute? Daniel sperling said: "It will be very difficult to reach 100%." "You can't just wave a magic wand, you can't just adopt a rule-people actually have to buy and use them."
set a good example
Two years ago, California Governor Gavin gavin newsom asked the state regulators to ban the use of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, which is one of a series of radical policies aimed at reducing pollution and tackling climate change in California. If this policy can be implemented as planned, California's automobile emissions will be reduced by half by 2040.
California lawmakers want to limit and eventually ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars.
California lawmakers are expected to pass a comprehensive plan to restrict and eventually ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars. The governor of California called the move the beginning of the end of the internal combustion engine era. Some experts believe that these changes may accelerate the global transition to electric vehicles. It is expected that other states will follow suit and further accelerate the production of zero-emission vehicles.
Washington and Massachusetts have indicated that they will follow California's example, and more states may follow suit. 17 states such as New York and Pennsylvania have partially or completely adopted California exhaust emission standards that are stricter than federal regulations.
The American auto industry said that the agreement reached with German automakers was "unprecedented" for Canada. Tax credit can accelerate the production of electric vehicles in Canada. In June this year, the European Parliament supported a plan to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles in the 27 member States of the European Union by 2035. Canada also requires the sale of zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
California's policy does not prohibit cars that use gasoline-after 2035, people can keep existing cars or buy used cars, and 20% of sales can be plug-in hybrid cars that use batteries and gasoline. Although hydrogen fuel is a fuel choice according to the new regulations, in recent years, cars using fuel cells only account for less than 1% of car sales.
The transformation of natural gas use will greatly reduce emissions and air pollutants. Transportation is the largest single emission source in the state, accounting for about 40% of the state's greenhouse gas emissions. The aviation commission is making different regulations for motorcycles and large trucks.
California plans to replace fossil fuels with electricity to drive most of its economy by 2045. A plan released by the Aviation Commission earlier this year predicted that electricity demand would soar by 68%. Currently, there are about 80,000 public chargers in California. The California Energy Commission predicts that by 2030, this number will jump to 654.38+200,000.
Ford laid off 65,438+020 non-union members. Canada's electric vehicle market may have reached a long-awaited turning point. According to the Committee, by 2030, car charging will account for about 4% of energy use, usually on hot summer nights. When the sun goes down, it is sometimes difficult for California to provide enough energy because the amount of solar energy decreases. In August 2020, hundreds of thousands of people were temporarily cut off due to short supply.
Since then, this situation has not happened again. To ensure that this situation will not continue, Democrat newsome is pushing the state's last nuclear power plant to continue to operate after it is scheduled to close in 2025. When the power grid is tight, the country may turn to diesel generators or natural gas plants as backup.
Ram Rajagopal, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, has been studying car charging habits and grid requirements. He said that there are more than 6.5438 million people driving electric cars in California today, and their charging habits are different, but most people will eventually charge their cars at night or at night.
He said that if people's charging habits remain unchanged, once 30% to 40% of cars are electric, the government will need to increase more energy production capacity overnight to meet the demand. The regulations passed on Thursday require that by 2026, the sales proportion of electric vehicles will increase from the current 65,438+06% to 35%.
Industry organizations say that Canada needs to build millions rather than thousands of electric vehicle charging stations. Can the battery of electric vehicle be recycled? Your question has been answered, but if more people charge their cars during the day, this problem can be avoided, he said. He said that changing to daytime charging is "the biggest reward you can get."
Both state and federal governments are spending billions of dollars to build more chargers on public roads, apartment buildings and other places, providing people with more charging options.
Concerns from the automobile and oil industries
The oil industry thinks California has gone too far. Tanya, vice chairman of the Western States Petroleum Association (an industry organization), which is in charge of climate policy, said that it is the seventh largest oil-producing state, and the whole transportation strategy should not focus on the electric vehicle market.
"Californians should be able to choose according to availability, affordability and personal necessities," she said.