Massachusetts to Ban Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

While EVs are still in the single-digit area of overall vehicle sales, they continue to climb and have already surpassed the sales of vehicles with manual transmissions. Now it seems that the electrification investments made by automakers are getting a boost from another part of the country.

Massachusetts is joining California with a plan to ban the sale of new gasolined-powered cars by 2035. Governor Charlie Baker released a 2050 decarbonization road map that includes the reduction of emissions from passenger cars. Massachusetts states that 27 percent of statewide emissions come from light-duty vehicles (passenger vehicles). The goal is for the state to reach net-zero fossil-fuel emissions by 2050.

In order to make sure those EVs are actually usable, the state plans to expand the public charging infrastructure to take into account that many people don't have a garage in which to charge an electric vehicle.

The initiatives by California and now Massachusetts could be the beginning of a trend by states to slowly ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles. Several European countries have the same types of measures in order to battle climate change. Meanwhile, President-Elect Joe Biden has a plan to speed up the electrification of vehicles in the United States that includes replacing the country’s fleets with EVs.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/massachusetts-to-ban-sale-of-new-gas-powered-cars-by-2035/ar-BB1co4x2?li=BBnb4R5&ocid=DELLDHP

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Good for MA....that will actually begin the process now. No future with Gas technology.

Now, to deal with the battery technology.....

[AlexSFCA]

2. there is a lot of future for EV in the US

and it’s great news for economy and job market.

[jimfields33]

3. I just hope that states implement charging stations as available as gas availability

It’d suck going through a state not ready for electric vehicles because their phaseout is 2045. That could happen. This honestly needs to be nationwide all one date.

[progree]

4. Or ones with no phaseout, because FREEDOM, CONSTITUTION, LIBERTY, THIS IS 'MERICA

It’d suck going through a state not ready for electric vehicles because their phaseout is 2045

If we can't shut down the fucking bars that refuse to close, after more than 5 weeks of pussy-footing around with them (and this in blue state Minnesota), because of FREEDOM and CONSTITUTION, then the likelihood of gasoline-car bans actually happening are zero. And no, I haven't been imbibing anything.

Here's what I've been "imbibing": https://www.democraticunderground.com/10599822

No Recs from me ever for posts announcing wonderful intentions for some far future year.