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Sept. 24, 2020, 9:01 AM

California Is Banning Gasoline Cars, Now the EV Race Begins

Dana Hull
Dana Hull
Bloomberg News
Gabrielle Coppola
Gabrielle Coppola
Bloomberg News
David R. Baker
David R. Baker
Bloomberg News

California just started the clock on a future that a few years ago would’ve been unthinkable: dealerships full of nothing but zero-emissions cars.

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered regulators to phase out the internal combustion engine and ban the sale of all new gasoline-fueled cars after 2035. With that, California became the first state in America to impose such a prohibition and delivered the biggest jolt yet to automakers already under pressure to give up fossil fuels and deliver a new generation of electric vehicles.

While for now the industry depends on gasoline-powered SUVs and pickups for most ...

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