California air quality officials said Tuesday they plan to release a list of recommendations soon for replacing electric vehicle policies gutted by the Trump administration that could include EV incentives and new rules for reducing emissions from sources like warehouses that attract trucks and locomotives.
What happened: California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph said during a Tuesday interview on LAist that the agency will hold public meetings over the next few weeks before submitting a list of potential policies to Gov. Gavin Newsom, in line with his request last month for ways to supplant the Trump administration’s revocation of California’s vehicle emissions rules and federal tax credits for EVs.
“There are some legislative strategies, and our next task is to assemble that list and make some proposals to the governor,” she said.
Why it matters: California’s scramble to protect its EV market comes as the Trump administration is dismantling clean energy policies at the state and federal levels.
