These measures are particularly important for consumers in lower-income and underserved communities where used vehicle sales are significant. In addition, the zero-emission vehicle assurance measures, such as minimum warranty and durability requirements, increased serviceability, and facilitate charging and battery labeling, will help ensure all consumers can successfully replace their higher polluting vehicles with new or used vehicles that meet their needs for transportation and protect the emission benefits of the program. In developing the regulatory proposals and analysis, staff met with national, state, and local advocacy organizations to learn more about the recommendations these groups had regarding staff’s proposals and how zero-emission transportation could be made more equitable. Staff’s approach to environmental justice and equity in Advanced Clean Cars II was multi-faceted and drew on stakeholder recommendations and staff’s own analysis.įirst and foremost, by increasing the number of Zero-emission Vehicles on the road and continuing to clean up conventional internal combustion vehicles, the regulations will reduce exposure to vehicle pollution in communities throughout California, including in frontline communities that are disproportionately exposed to vehicular pollution. The impacts of climate change and air pollution affect all Californians, but residents in frontline communities are especially vulnerable and often face the most severe impacts. While further developing the zero-emission vehicle market, the regulations also take additional steps to clean up internal combustion engines and will provide public health benefits of at least $12 billion over the life of the regulations by reducing premature deaths, hospitalizations and lost workdays associated with exposure to air pollution. The regulations will substantially reduce air pollutants that threaten public health and cause climate change. The figure below shows the annual zero-emission vehicle requirement. Ĭalifornia enjoys the largest zero-emission vehicle market in the nation with more than 16% of new vehicles sold being zero-emissions or plug-in hybrids. Second, the Low-emission Vehicle Regulations were amended to include increasingly stringent standards for gasoline cars and heavier passenger trucks to continue to reduce smog-forming emissions.

These amendments support Governor Newsom’s 2020 Executive Order N-79-20 that requires all new passenger vehicles sold in California to be zero emissions by 2035. First, it amends the Zero-emission Vehicle Regulation to require an increasing number of zero-emission vehicles, and relies on currently available advanced vehicle technologies, including battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric and plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles, to meet air quality and climate change emissions standards. The Advanced Clean Cars II regulations will rapidly scale down light-duty passenger car, pickup truck and SUV emissions starting with the 2026 model year through 2035. Read our Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about Advanced Clean Cars II and zero-emission vehicles. The Advanced Clean Cars II regulations take the state’s already growing zero-emission vehicle market and robust motor vehicle emission control rules and augments them to meet more aggressive tailpipe emissions standards and ramp up to 100% zero-emission vehicles.

All New Passenger Vehicles Sold in California to be Zero Emissions by 2035 California is Taking Your Ride to Zero Emissionsīy 2035 all new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs sold in California will be zero emissions.

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