Posted on 04/01/2024 9:18:54 AM PDT by bitt
The war on gas-powered vehicles continues.
While the White House recently released new rules to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2032, several states have gone further.
Eight states plan to completely ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported. Who’s leading the charge, you might ask?
Why, it’s California, of course!
They are joined by Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Washington, D.C., has also committed to the ban, according to Money.
If you live in one of these states, you won’t be forced to take your gas-powered car off the road and can still buy these automobiles used or secondhand.
But what does this mean for consumers in those states?
Electric vehicles already cost more to buy than gas-powered vehicles. And while the argument has repeatedly been made that charging can save consumers money over time, there are countless stories of charging nightmares: from homes catching fire, to broken charging stations, to long charging times, to power grids unable to support the charging infrastructure.
All of the above issues cost consumers more money and time, not to mention how much replacing a battery in an EV can cost.
Also, when looking at the manufacturing of these vehicles — the mining to produce the lithium-ion batteries, the factory production of the vehicles — pollution still exists, and it doesn’t seem to reduce much of anything. In fact, per Earth.org, “Almost 4 tonnes of CO2 are released during the production process of a single electric car and, in order to break even, the vehicle must be used for at least 8 years to offset the initial emissions by 0.5 tonnes of prevented emissions annually.”
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The Euro Automakers have a pick your car up in Europe program.
Start a pick your car up in Florida program once this takes effect.
15-minute (walking) cities.
they won’t ban gas=- they will do what they did to ciggs- make it so expensive that only the wealthy can afford it-
All of them are disasters when it comes to permitting, planning and executing new construction programs.
And they are going to restructure their entire state wide power grids and transportation infrastructure in 6 -10 years to support a fully electric vehicle economy ?
Got it.
Mostly cold winter states. You can’t make this up.
Florida will need to build a border wall.
5.56mm
All places that are emptying out as the DRat stranglehold continues.
Good news, there’s lots of noble, hard working Newcomers available to take the places of those lazy ‘muhricans.
But it’s not a replacement.
It’s just a refreshing of the ‘muhrican legacy.
LOL- good idea to keep EV supporting morons out of the Red States- have only a few charging stations, with signs on them that state “Out of Order- Drive an electric? Sucks to be you” on them
I guess old cars pollute less than new cars....
California has intense tailpipe emissions requirements.
I just bought a car from an uncle that lives in LA county. He can’t drive it because it can’t pass the smog test so it is a big paperweight. As cars get older they won’t be able to pass the smog tests. Logic would suggest that the driver buy a newer car that can pass but new cars won’t be available.
Wonder what that will do to used car prices.
They know what they’re doing...they’re controlling how we move about. They want to force us into trains and eventually airlines run by them to track our every movement. This is what fascists do....
Will these states require EV charging to rely on windmills and solar panels? Hypocrites?
I would estimate that more than 90% of New Jerseyans have no idea that the state passed these regulations.
in the meantime- all the poor folks that live in those states who can’t get out for one reason or another will have to suffer through the asinine policies until the state finally gets a bit of wisdom and declares that ‘they made a mistake’ and rescind the idiotic EV mandates
D.C. is not a state - Fail.
Ain’t Communism wonderful.
Not going to miss visiting them then.
>> The 8 States Of Stupidity ,LOL
LOL. My crystal ball shows 8 high-tax states that will soon be hemorrhaging residents.
Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona are pleased.
As a resident of MD I can tell already that the new car business will be booming in WV in a few years.
I’ll buy it in the closest open state
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