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California to End New Sales of Gasoline Vehicles by 2035

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California to End New Sales of Gasoline Vehicles by 2035

California has approved a policy that will require nearly all new vehicles sold in the state to be electric by the year 2035.

California Governor Gavin Newsom first announced the proposed policy in September 2020. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted last week to officially approve the new rules.

The policy requires 100 percent of new sales of cars, trucks and SUVs to be powered by electricity or hydrogen by 2035. It permits one-fifth of new vehicle sales to be hybrids2.

The policy does not ban the use of gas-powered cars or the sale of used ones.

If the new rules work as designed, California would cut vehicle emissions4 in half by 2040. The state's emissions rules are already stronger than national requirements.

Experts say the policy will require at least 15 times more vehicle chargers than are currently available in the state. The policy will also need to be supported by a more powerful energy grid5. And there will need to be electric vehicles that people of all income levels can buy.

"It's going to be very hard getting to 100 percent," said Daniel Sperling. He is a board member and director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis. "You can't just wave your wand, you can't just adopt a regulation — people actually have to buy them and use them," Sperling told The Associated Press.

Liane Randolph is the chairwoman of CARB. She called the approval of the policy "a historic moment for California." Randolph added that she thinks the rules can serve as a model for other American states and countries across the world.

CARB has estimated that by 2030, there will be 2.9 million fewer new gas-powered vehicles sold. The reductions are expected to reach 9.5 million by 2035.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently working on the next set of emissions limits through at least 2030. At least 17 U.S. states have agreed to enact6 California's emissions rules. Fifteen states have backed California's zero-emission3 vehicle requirements.

California has about 80,000 public chargers. The California Energy Commission has estimated that number needs to jump to 1.2 million by 2030.

The commission says car charging will account for about 4 percent of energy by 2030 when use is highest, usually during hot summer evenings. That is when California sometimes struggles to provide enough energy because the amount of sun power reduces in the evening.

Ram7 Rajagopal is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. He has studied car charging behaviors and energy needs in California. He told the AP that more than 1 million people drive electric cars in California. Most of them charge their cars in the evening or overnight. If this continues under the new policy, the state would need to add more energy capacity overnight to meet demand, Rajagopal said.

But, he added, if more people charged their cars during the day, that problem could be avoided. Changing to daytime charging, he said, is "the biggest bang for the buck8 you're going to get."

Words in This Story

hybrid1 – n. a vehicle that can run on either gasoline or electricity

emission – n. the act of producing or sending out something (such as energy or gas) from a source

charger – n. a device used to charge batteries

income – n. the amount of money earned by an individual or a company

wand – n.n stick waved by a person performing magic tricks

adopt – v. to accept or start something new

capacity – n. the largest amount that something can hold

bang for the buck – phr. a valuable return for your money


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1 hybrid pcBzu     
n.(动,植)杂种,混合物
参考例句:
  • That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
  • The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
2 hybrids a5030918be299fefcf603b9326766b39     
n.杂交生成的生物体( hybrid的名词复数 );杂交植物(或动物);杂种;(不同事物的)混合物
参考例句:
  • All these brightly coloured hybrids are so lovely in the garden. 花园里所有这些色彩鲜艳的杂交花真美丽。 来自辞典例句
  • The notion that interspecific hybrids are rare is ill-founded. 有一种看法认为种间杂种是罕见的,这种看法是无根据的。 来自辞典例句
3 emission vjnz4     
n.发出物,散发物;发出,散发
参考例句:
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施,降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后,指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
4 emissions 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9     
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
参考例句:
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
5 grid 5rPzpK     
n.高压输电线路网;地图坐标方格;格栅
参考例句:
  • In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下,要用载体把格栅密封起来。
  • Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。
6 enact tjEz0     
vt.制定(法律);上演,扮演
参考例句:
  • The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
  • For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
7 ram dTVxg     
(random access memory)随机存取存储器
参考例句:
  • 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存,640K内存则更佳。
8 buck ESky8     
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃
参考例句:
  • The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

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