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Republican-led Senate revokes waiver allowing California to set stricter pollution standards for cars, dealing blow to state’s electric vehicle push

Republican-led Senate revokes waiver allowing California to set stricter pollution standards for cars, dealing blow to state’s electric vehicle push

The U.S. Senate voted to revoke waivers granted to California, allowing it to set its own emissions standards, dealing a significant blow to the state’s efforts to transition to electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Representative Lou Correa, a California Democrat, voted with 34 other Democrats to repeal the state’s requirement for all new vehicles to be electric or nonpolluting by 2035, citing concerns about the impact on his blue-collar constituents.

Republicans, joined by some Democrats, vote to stop California’s transition to electric vehicles, challenging the state’s authority under the Clean Air Act.

California leads a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration for withholding $5 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure funds

The US House of Representatives has voted to repeal a waiver allowing California to mandate at least 80% electric vehicles by 2035, a plan adopted by 11 other states.

Tesla’s share of electric vehicle sales in California dropped to 43.9% in Q1 from 55.5% a year ago

California now has 48% more public and shared private EV chargers than gasoline nozzles, with over 178,000 EV chargers installed statewide as of 2024.

California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem as sales have stabilized after three years of strong growth