8 States Now Plan to Ban Gas-Powered Car Sales
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At least eight states plan to ban sales of new gas-powered cars after 2035, and several others are thinking about joining them.
The rules being adopted specify that only zero-emission vehicles — including electric vehicles and some plug-in hybrids — can be sold in participating states beginning with the 2035 model year.
Traditional gas-powered cars on the road at that point wouldn't be affected, and drivers would still be allowed to buy used gas-powered cars. Automakers and dealerships, however, would be prohibited from selling new gas vehicles in states where bans are in place.
At the federal level, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new rules on Wednesday that would require automakers to reduce the emissions of new vehicles by about 50% from model year 2026 to 2032
To get there, the EPA says it's likely that 35% to 56% of vehicles will need to be EVs, and between 13% and 36% will need to be plug-in hybrids. These targets are less ambitious than an earlier EPA proposal that would have essentially required that 67% of new car sales be electric vehicles by the 2032 model year.
