California has surpassed a goal set in 2012 to put 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced at the World Economic Forum.

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The details on this are not promising:

Nearly 23% of new vehicles sold in California in 2025 were considered zero-emission vehicles, though EV sales were down in the state and across the U.S. compared to the year prior.

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In the fourth quarter of 2025, only 18% of new cars sold in the state were zero-emission.

It needs to be 100% in the not-very-distant future, and that’s going to be really tough without a sharp reduction in prices, which isn’t likely to happen due to tariffs pushing prices up.

  • zd9@lemmy.world
    11·
    29 days ago

    That’s great as a start. It’s not nearly enough, and cars aren’t even the actual solution, but Americans have carbrains engrained in society.