California regulators are reconsidering the state’s 2035 deadline for phasing out new gas car sales, the state’s top air quality official confirmed Wednesday.
What happened: California Air Resources Board Chair Lauren Sanchez said the agency will “rethink” the state’s goal for transitioning to electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid sales as part of its rulemaking on new emissions standards for light-duty vehicles that launched last week.
The 2035 target “remains a very ambitious goal” that will be a “very active area of discussion going forward,” Sanchez said in a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO.
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“It will be the topic of discussion with stakeholders, automakers and everyone else … legislators,” she added.
