California voters are wary of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to launch a $200 million electric vehicle rebate program, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released Thursday.
What happened: Nearly two-thirds of the over 1,000 likely voters surveyed said they oppose California using state funds to replace the federal EV tax credit the Trump administration ended in February.
The results were driven in large part by conservative and centrist voters. Eighty-seven percent of Republican respondents said they oppose new EV incentives, alongside 71 percent of independents.
Meanwhile, a slight majority of Democratic voters — 52 percent — said they support a state-run EV rebate program, while 59 percent of respondents who identified as liberal back the idea.
