It just goes to that whole demand thing
Automakers question feasibility of California 2035 EV sales mandate plan
Major automakers said on Wednesday that a California plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 might be unworkable in 11 other states that adopted it, citing insufficient consumer demand.
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents most major automakers except Tesla, raised concerns in comments filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on California’s proposal.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) asked the EPA for a waiver under the Clean Air Act to implement its plan to end sales of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035.
California’s EV requirements might be feasible “at least in the early years for California” but said the feasibility for other states with significantly lower current EV sales “is far less certain,” the auto industry group said.
I don’t think it will be feasible in California, because of that whole “insufficient consumer demand.” Hey, maybe there will be some massive breakthrough in battery technology. But, I’d trust the people who build vehicles and know everything about them over some unelected bureaucrats with delusions of grandeur when it comes to understanding what consumers want.
California’s rules require by 2035 that 80% of all new vehicles sold in the state be electric and no more than 20% plug-in hybrid electric.
The People’s Republik Of California doesn’t even want regular hybrids. But, hey, every experiment needs an experimental group, so, I’m looking forward to the caterwauling from the exact people who voted for the politicians that installed the bureaucrats who are mandating this.
