Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will give car- and truck-makers extra time to comply with clean-vehicle regulations, after state officials came under pressure from dealers who said they couldn’t meet the strict timelines.
Maryland is one of the states that aimed to spur the adoption of electric vehicles by adopting California’s clean-car and clean-truck regulations.
The rules require car- and truck-makers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emissions vehicles, with a goal of phasing out most internal combustion vehicles by the mid-2030s. It’s scheduled to take effect in Maryland starting with model year 2027.
Moore, a Democrat, issued an executive order Friday that’ll delay any penalties associated with the regulations. It came after a state legislative committee approved a bill that would’ve done the same thing.
