CA ban on gasoline cars automatically applies to VA | Eastern NC Now

In 2021, former Virginia governor Ralph Northam passed a law linking the Commonwealth to California’s vehicle emissions standards. It would require all new cars in the state to be run electric by the year 2035.

The current administration is trying to reverse the change. A statement to FOX 5 from Victoria LaCivita, a spokesperson with Attorney General Jason Mayares’s office reads:

“In 2021, Governor Northam and the far-left controlled General Assembly signed a law that binds Virginia to California’s emission vehicle regulations, which, among other things, bans the sale of gas-powered cars in Virginia by 2035. The Attorney General is hopeful that the General Assembly repeals this law and discontinues any trend that makes Virginia more like California. Unelected California bureaucrats should not be dictating the will of Virginians.”

“House Republicans will advance legislation in 2023 to put Virginians back in charge of Virginia’s auto emission standards and its vehicle marketplace. Virginia is not, and should not be, California.”

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/california-ban-on-gasoline-cars-automatically-applies-to-virginia/